Create A Package

Instructor(s) name(s) and contact information

• Kayla Interdonato: [email protected]
• Lori Shepherd: [email protected]

Workshop Description

This is a two part workshop. The first half of it will walk students through how to create a package using RStudio and the devtools package. This will be an instructor-led live demo, so as the student is creating their own package we will go over what we look for in Bioconductor packages. The second half of the workshop will go over the submission and review process for Bioconductor packages.

Pre-requisites

• Basic knowledge of R syntax

Workshop Participation

As the instructor creates and edits the package it is expected that students will follow along to create their own package. Questions from students are encouraged as we walk through the process, as this will most likely be their first time creating an R package.

R / Bioconductor packages used

• devtools will be used for creating, checking, documenting, and adding a vignette to the new package.
• testthat will be used for testing the new package.

Time outline

Ideally we would prefer a 2 hour workshop, which is shown in the time outline below, but we could simplify to 1 hour if need be.

Activity	Time
Create a package	5m
Set up version control	15m
Description file	10m
R functions	10m
Testing	15m
Vignettes	15m
Bioconductor standards	20m
Submitting to Bioconductor	15m
Wrap up questions	15m

Workshop goals and objectives

Learning goals

• Understand how to create a package using RStudio and devtools
• Understand expectations of a Bioconductor package
• Understand the submission process for Bioconductor

Learning objectives

• Produce a new package
• Identify Bioconductor guidelines