Reproducible Research Automation: Glossary

Key Points

Introduction to automation	`R`, `RStudio` and `RMarkdown` allow for powerful reproducible research. ‘ProjectTemplate’ allows users to quickly and easily create a standardized directory structure for `R` projects.
Functions	Functions complete tasks in a reproducible manner Functions improve reproducibility
Functions for data	Function automate reading data You can build your own functions specific to your issues
Functions for figures	Functions help make figures easier to make Unittesting helps ensure functions do what we think they should
Testing	Unittesting helps ensure functions do what we think they should
Putting it all together and getting organized	TBD

Automation - Making the program do tasks.
Function - A bit of code that completes a task.
- “Functions are a fundamental building block of R” - Hadley Wickham
Modularity - Breaking down the analysis into smaller parts.
Unit testing - small functions that test your code and help you make sure everything is alright.
- Post on unit testing
- Another post on unit testing