Functions Explained: Briefly Mention Packages
mjcasy opened this issue · comments
Referring to episode : https://github.com/swcarpentry/r-novice-gapminder/blob/main/_episodes_rmd/10-functions.Rmd
Should we mention very briefly at the end that R packages are broadly just collections of functions like this? E.g. in "Tip: Testing and documenting" after mentioning roxygen2
Packages are, in essence, bundles of functions with this formal documentation. Loading your own functions through source("functions.R") is equivalent to loading someone else's functions (or your own one day!) through library("package").
Thank you for your suggestion @mjcasy! This looks like a good idea to me.
Would you like to open a pull request with this change?