creating-r-packages.qmd

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title: "Creating R Packages"
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# Creating R Packages

One of the things our group does is create R packages and help with maintenance of R packages.
For example, [`volcalc`](https://github.com/Meredith-Lab/volcalc) and [`azmetr`](https://github.com/uace-azmet/azmetr) were both initially developed as [incubator projects](incubator.qmd).


Things this page should eventually include:

-   links to best practices for R packages (rOpenSci guide, `usethis`, style guide)
-   link to Hadley's book on R packages
-   discussion about CRAN vs r-universe
-   guide on releases and versions and Zotero integration (CITATION.cff, `cffr` package)
-   discussion about package maintainance and handoff of maintainance
-   use of repostatus badge to signal lifecycle
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### R-Universe

[R-Universe](https://ropensci.org/r-universe/) is an rOpenSci project that makes it easier to install R packages that are not on CRAN or Bioconductor.
We use our r-universe page primarily to make it easier for our collaborators to install R packages, and as a "portfolio" of R packages our team has created or contributed significantly to.

To add a GitHub repo with an R package to [cct-datascience.r-universe.dev](https://cct-datascience.r-universe.dev/), simply edit the JSON file here: <https://github.com/cct-datascience/cct-datascience.r-universe.dev> using the instructions linked to in the README.