Github Repositories

Some files (code, data, files, etc) for this course may be shared and placed into various Github repositories. Each of these repositories can be “Cloned or Downloaded (as a ZIP)” to your local harddrive for easy offline reference OR they can be “forked” so that a copy of the repository is “copied” into YOUR Github account. If you “fork” a copy be sure you are logged into your Github account first. Here are the Github repositories to date:

  1. Gapminder Example (given in N741 on 01/18/2017) https://github.com/melindahiggins2000/N741gapminder1
    • This repository contains the Rmarkdown (RMD) and related files associated with a lesson done in N741 (“Lesson 2” done on 01/18/2017). These RMD files showed some initial Rmarkdown syntax with R chunks showcasing examples from the gapminder package, based on the vignette at https://github.com/jennybc/gapminder.
    • This repository also contains an RMD file with some examples.

YouTube Videos for N741

Short helpful videos - posted on YouTube for N741 Spring 2017:

  1. Installing R, RStudio, Creating and “knitting” your first simple Rmarkdown file
  2. Installing Git for Windows
  3. Worked Example and Hints for Homework 01
  4. Video tutorial for creating the Github output MD format at https://youtu.be/SY-Uo3hLC18
    • This short (~5 min) video is on creating a “Github-flavored” markdown file. If you haven’t noticed yet, take a look back at your Github repository and look at one of your RMD files. You’ll notice that for the RMD file you can view the text and R code but no R output is shown. This is because the R code is not executed via Github (remember R is on your local machine not “in the cloud”). Instead, you need to create a “markdown” MD file that does have the R output included. To do this, there is a “github_document” output format you can use that will create a “github-flavored” MD (markdown) file that Github will display with both your R code and R output in the same document. See the RStudio documentation at http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/github_document_format.html
  5. Video on Publishing Your Reports to RPubs https://youtu.be/nW2TJ134ea0

YouTube Playlist for N741

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