Improving youR quality of life with RStudio addins

author: Rebecca Ferrell for R-Ladies Seattle date: August 20, 2018 autosize: true

who R you?

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useR since 2007
- 😐 useR before 2014
- 😄 useR since!
data therapist (statistical consultant)
data barista (lead decision scientist at ⭐💵)
Twitter: @ferrellr, Github: @rebeccaferrell

why R you here today?

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❤️ about R:

reproducibility!
extensibility!
community!

😫 about R:

customizing graphics
bringing in weird little data fast
interactively checking data analysis
everything with factor manipulation

what R RStudio addins?

addins use R's ❤️ aspects to smooth over the 😫
- encapsulate functions to write code for you
- can be invoked through menus or keyboard shortcuts
- many have Shiny GUI!
available in RStudio since 2016

Official site: https://rstudio.github.io/rstudioaddins/

befoRe addins: finding colors

afteR addins: colourpicker by Dean Attali

shoRtcuts

life is a tapestRy

conveRting with datapasta by Miles McBain

R you feeling this yet?

giphyr addin by Hao Zhu

befoRe addins: unexpected NA

afteR addins: ViewPipeSteps by David Ranzolin

gRaphs with ggThemeAssist by Calli GRoss

questionR for recoding by Julien BarnieR

wheRe to go next?

try out colourpicker, datapasta, giphyr, ViewPipeSteps, ggThemeAssist, questionr
consider including addins for your own packages using rstudioapi
visit the addinslist package site to list your addins via pull request or discover more!

R you excited?