This hands-on book has been written to show how to make R work effectively, and to teach novices and experienced R users how to write efficient R code. Drawing on years of experience teaching R courses, authors Colin Gillespie and Robin Lovelace provide practical advice on topics from optimizing the set-up of RStudio to using C++.

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Author: Colin Gillespie and Robin Lovelace
Publisher: O'Reilly
Date: January 2017
Pages: 222
ISBN: 978-1491950784
Print: 1491950781
Kindle: B01N2RTX9Q
Audience: Developers wanting to learn R
Level: Intermediate
Category: Other Languages

• Get advice for setting up an R programming environment
• Explore general programming concepts and R coding techniques
• Understand the ingredients of an efficient R workflow
• Learn how to efficiently read and write data in R
• Dive into data carpentry—the vital skill for cleaning raw data
• Optimize your code with profiling, standard tricks, and other methods
• Determine your hardware capabilities for handling R computation
• Maximize the benefits of collaborative R programming
• Accelerate your transition from R hacker to R programmer

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