This book contains materials for asynchronous learning of RDM best practices from NYU Data Services.
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Fork, clone or download this project (See #1-4 in the 'Contribute!' section below)
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Install R & RStudio
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Install the bookdown, RMarkdown, and tinytex packages in RStudio with the following two commands in the R terminal:
install.packages(c("rmarkdown", "bookdownplus", "tinytex", "webshot"))tinytex::install_tinytex()webshot::install_phantomjs()
You can also click Tools > Install Packages and type the package names (make sure "install dependencies" is checked) separated by commas.
- Go to the project folder and double click
RDM.Rprojto start RStudio - Run this command in the R Console after RStudio opens:
bookdown::render_book('index.Rmd', 'all') - Go to the folder
_bookin the project folder and clickindex.htmlto view the book locally in your browser.
If you'd like to contribute, that would be amazing! We will try our best to be on top of pull requests and issues. Before you start, please refer to our contributing guide.
You are welcome to email me at vicky dot steeves at nyu dot edu if you have questions or concerns, or raise an issue on this repository and I will do my best to respond quickly!