Standards (file, folder and object names, coding)

• coding

  • https://www.r-bloggers.com/r-code-best-practices/

  • Google style guide https://google.github.io/styleguide/Rguide.xml

  • lintr package, gives style and syntax alerts: https://github.com/jimhester/lintr

  • styler package to update styles in a file: https://github.com/r-lib/styler

  • https://style.tidyverse.org/functions.html

  • https://swcarpentry.github.io/r-novice-inflammation/06-best-practices-R/

  • https://nicercode.github.io/guides/repeating-things/

Use commented lines of - and = to break up your file into easily readable chunks.

Load data ---------------------------

Plot data ---------------------------

In code, use comments to explain the “why” not the “what” or “how”. Each line of a comment should begin with the comment symbol and a single space: #.

Variable and function names should use only lowercase letters, numbers, and . Use underscores () (so called snake case) to separate words within a name. Generally, variable names should be nouns and function names should be verbs. Strive for names that are concise and meaningful (this is not easy!).

strive to use verbs for function names: