Tools to Make Developing R Packages Easier

Collection of package development tools.

Translate Spreadsheet Cell Ranges to Rows and Columns

Helper functions to work with spreadsheets and the "A1:D10" style of cell range specification.

Data from Gapminder

An excerpt of the data available at Gapminder.org. For each of 142 countries, the package provides values for life expectancy, GDP per capita, and population, every five years, from 1952 to 2007.

Access the 'Gmail' 'RESTful' API

An interface to the 'Gmail' 'RESTful' API. Allows access to your 'Gmail' messages, threads, drafts and labels.

Access Google Sheets using the Sheets API V4

Interact with Google Sheets through the Sheets API v4 < https://developers.google.com/sheets/api>. "API" is an acronym for "application programming interface"; the Sheets API allows users to interact with Google Sheets programmatically, instead of via a web browser. The "v4" refers to the fact that the Sheets API is currently at version 4. This package can read and write both the metadata and the cell data in a Sheet.

Examples of Recursive Lists and Nested or Split Data Frames

Recursive lists in the form of R objects, 'JSON', and 'XML', for use in teaching and examples. Examples include color palettes, Game of Thrones characters, 'GitHub' users and repositories, music collections, and entities from the Star Wars universe. Data from the 'gapminder' package is also included, as a simple data frame and in nested and split forms.

An Interface to Google Drive

Manage Google Drive files from R.

Interpreted String Literals

An implementation of interpreted string literals, inspired by Python's Literal String Interpolation < https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0498/> and Docstrings < https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0257/> and Julia's Triple-Quoted String Literals < https://docs.julialang.org/en/v1.3/manual/strings/#Triple-Quoted-String-Literals-1>.

Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models

Functions to accompany A. Gelman and J. Hill, Data Analysis Using Regression and Multilevel/Hierarchical Models, Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Utilities for Working with Google APIs

Provides utilities for working with Google APIs < https://developers.google.com/apis-explorer>. This includes functions and classes for handling common credential types and for preparing, executing, and processing HTTP requests.