7 - Packaging, Docker :: Data Science Programming Methods :: Spring 2025

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7 - Packaging, Docker

Objectives

Introduction to R package building
R package testing (RUnit, testthat, tinytest)
What is Docker about?
How do I use Docker?
Examples of Docker use

Topics

Packages
- Why packages?
- Basic package structure
Package building
Package testing
Introducing Basics of Docker
Examples of Using Docker
Creating Containers interactively
Creating Containers via Dockerfile
Example of running RStudio Server via Docker

Core Material

Note that the first half of the material is new for 2022, but the second half are still from 2021 and will be updated next week.

Lecture Slides

Lecture Videos

Video 35 (2024): Week 12 (Box)
Video 36 (2021): Package Building (Box, captioned), also Video 36: Package Building (uncaptioned)
Video 37 (2021): Package Testing (Box, captioned), also Video 37: Package Testing (uncaptioned)
Video 38 (2024): Week 13 (Box)
Video 39 (2021): Docker Intro (Box, captioned), also Video 39: Docker Intro (uncaptioned)
Video 40 (2021): Docker Build + RStudio Example (Box, captioned), also Video 40: Docker Build + RStudio Example (uncaptioned)

Additional Resources

Writing R Extensions manual (also included with every copy of R)
R Packages (1st ed), Wickham, 2015
R Packages (2nd ed), Wickham and Bryan, 2020