University of Nottingham Workshop - July 2014

Please ensure that you have the following software enabled before you arrive on the course.

• [R] (http://www.r-project.org/) version 3.0.2 (or later).

• [RStudio desktop IDE] (http://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/) version 0.97 (or later). This will provide an editor for writing code, or you can also use any other plain-text editor that you are familiar with.

• R package building requirements: on Linux and Mac, most requirements should be installed by default. Windows users will need Rtools. When installing Rtools, make sure to update your path accordingly. Additional information regarding the installation of R and Rtools can be found [here] (https://github.com/DevasenaInupakutika/2014-07-10-Nottingham/blob/master/R%20SetUp.md).

• Windows users should install Git bash to get Git, bash, and make (among other Unix tools). Alternatively, these tools are also available via Cygwin.

• Mac and Linux users should ensure they have "git" and "make" on their system, and know how to access a terminal. Mac users can download git from http://git-scm.com/download/mac.

• (optional) A working LaTeX distribution. Linux users should use their package manager. Mac users can install [Mactex] (http://tug.org/mactex/). Windows users can install Miktex. While not strictly needed for the bootcamp, LaTeX is an important part of R package building and documentation.

Participants will be introduced to shell, command-line interface and its importance in Scientific computing for task automation.

Participants will be introduced to R basics and R programming using loops, writing functions and Data analysis using plotting and Visualisation.

Participants will learn basic commands and workflows for the version control system git, as well as the process of collaborating on documents via GitHub.

Participants will learn generating their own R package by putting their functions and objects together, documenting their work, testing and hence making their research work reproducible.