Bioinformatics: Advanced R Programming


Wed 19 Jun 2013  –  Department of Genetics, Room G12
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Description: The course will present intermediate to advanced R programming using the object-oriented programming paradigm. It will cover how to document code and data to produce a fully functional R package. Further information is available.
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Target audience:
  • Our courses are open to all who might benefit
  • Booking priority is given to people from Cambridge University and Collaborating Institutes
  • Individual Course fees are required only from External participants not from Collaborating Institutes
Duration: One full day session
Sessions:
Number of sessions: 1
Date Time Venue Trainer
Wed 19 Jun 09:30 - 17:30 Department of Genetics, Room G12 Robert Stojnic , Laurent Gatto
Format: Presentation and demonstrations
Frequency: A number of times per year
Prerequisites:
  • Only attending Bioinformatics: Introduction to R would not provide sufficient background for this course
  • A substantial period of active programming experience in R will be assumed
  • Familiarity with object-oriented programming and Latex would be an advantage, but not essential
Aims:
  • To help users advance their R programming skills to be able to begin writing object-oriented code and/or developing R packages
Topics covered:
  • Introduction: what is object-oriented programming; description of the working example; R programming best practices: tips and tricks, environments, coding standards
  • R object-oriented programming: the S3 and S4 OO systems
  • Documentation: documenting functions, methods and data, providing executable examples; documentation using Roxygen; executing R code inside Latex document (Vignettes)
  • Writing R packages: minimum package structure; combining the written classes/generics/methods and documentation to create a package; building, checking and installing packages
  • Other advanced R programming topics: testing code, unit testing; profiling and debugging; calling C code inside R