Don't reinvent the wheel/package

Defensive R Programming

Dr. Colin Gillespie

Jumping Rivers

Defensive R Programming

Choosing an R package

Is the package

  • mature?
  • actively developed?
  • well documented?
  • well used?
Defensive R Programming

Context matters

Where are you using the package?

  • Messing about on a toy project
  • Production server
Defensive R Programming

Defensive R Programming

Let's get to work

Defensive R Programming

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