R Package Development

Notes for R package building

Tools

• devtools:
• roxygen2: documentation
• R6Class: OOP (Object Oriented Programming) Implementation
• pkgdown: setup package website

Pipeline

1. Set-up
2. Documentation
3. Testing
4. Build

C++ plugin usage

Package

• Rcpp: interface for basic data type transmission
• RcppEigen: interface for C++ linear algebra library (Eigen)

Config

• Make.vars: UNIX
• Make.vars.win: windows