Best Practices for Coding in R

Anna Skrzydło, Project Lead at Appsilon, presents best coding practices to ensure maintainable, durable code in your R projects. Appsilon is a global leader in Shiny and has developed many large-scale Shiny projects for Fortune 500 companies. This presentation was first held at RStudio Community X-Session in August 2021. The event was a collaboration between RStudio and Appsilon. 00:20 Importance of Durable Code 01:50 Code Encapsulation 02:05 Importance of Code Encapsulation 02:35 Three Methods of Code Encapsulation 05:05 Shiny Modules 06:33 Box Package 08:20 R6 Classes 11:15 Tests! 12:15 Unit Testing With testthat 13:55 Other Tests 14:20 User Interviews 17:00 Importance of Project Structure Presenter: Anna Skrzydło - Project Lead @ Appsilon Appsilon open source packages for your Shiny project: https://shiny.tools/ Appsilon is hiring! See all open positions here: https://appsilon.com/careers/