What’s New in R: August 12, 2024

Welcome to this week’s edition of ​What’s New in R​! This week, we’re featuring tips for building your first R package, a package to help you go from ggplot to Excel, and a package to help you keep track of when your packages can be updated. Let’s dive in!

5 Tips For Building Your First R Package

Making your own R package is not nearly as complicated as many people think it is. In this video, Lee Durbin gives you five good tips to help you get started with making your first package.

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{xlcharts} package

There’s no getting around it: sometimes you need to take your beautiful plots made in R and convert it to Excel. The {xlcharts} package enables you to make charts in R that can be edited directly in Excel. It may be painful to watch your ggplot masterpieces get messed with in Excel, but if you find yourself in this situation, this is a good option.

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{updateme} package

It can be hard to keep track of which of your packages are using older version. The {updateme} package makes it easy. Each time you load a package, it will tell you whether there are newer versions.

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