Execute and Control System Processes

Tools to run system processes in the background. It can check if a background process is running; wait on a background process to finish; get the exit status of finished processes; kill background processes. It can read the standard output and error of the processes, using non-blocking connections. 'processx' can poll a process for standard output or error, with a timeout. It can also poll several processes at once.

Read and Write 'Parquet' Files

Self-sufficient reader and writer for flat 'Parquet' files. Can read most 'Parquet' data types. Can write many 'R' data types, including factors and temporal types. See docs for limitations.

Lightweight Web Server for Testing

Create a web app that makes it easier to test web clients without using the internet. It includes a web app framework with path matching and parameters and templates. Can parse various 'HTTP' request bodies. Can send 'JSON' data or files from the disk. Includes a web app that implements the < https://httpbin.org> web service.

Notifications from 'Shiny'

Browser notifications in 'Shiny' apps, using 'toastr': < https://github.com/CodeSeven/toastr#readme>.

'WebDriver' Client for 'PhantomJS'

A client for the 'WebDriver' 'API'. It allows driving a (probably headless) web browser, and can be used to test web applications, including 'Shiny' apps. In theory it works with any 'WebDriver' implementation, but it was only tested with 'PhantomJS'.

Fake Web Apps for HTTP Testing

Create a web app that makes it easier to test web clients without using the internet. It includes a web app framework with path matching, parameters and templates. Can parse various 'HTTP' request bodies. Can send 'JSON' data or files from the disk. Includes a web app that implements the 'httpbin.org' web service.

Detect the Language of Text

With no external dependencies and support for 335 languages; all languages spoken by more than one million speakers. 'Franc' is a port of the 'JavaScript' project of the same name, see < https://github.com/wooorm/franc>.

Another Approach to Package Installation

The goal of 'pak' is to make package installation faster and more reliable. In particular, it performs all HTTP operations in parallel, so metadata resolution and package downloads are fast. Metadata and package files are cached on the local disk as well. 'pak' has a dependency solver, so it finds version conflicts before performing the installation. This version of 'pak' supports CRAN, 'Bioconductor' and 'GitHub' packages as well.

A Collection of Small Text Corpora of Interesting Data

A collection of small text corpora of interesting data. It contains all data sets from 'dariusk/corpora'. Some examples: names of animals: birds, dinosaurs, dogs; foods: beer categories, pizza toppings; geography: English towns, rivers, oceans; humans: authors, US presidents, occupations; science: elements, planets; words: adjectives, verbs, proverbs, US president quotes.

Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R, 2nd Edition

Data sets and code blocks for the book 'Statistical Analysis of Network Data with R, 2nd Edition'.