It is not the first time I present how to debug on an other platform before sending your package to CRAN. This time, before submission {checkhelper} failed on ‘fedora’ image provided by {rhub}. How to debug your package using this platform when your using an other OS? Let’s speak about docker and …
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How not to be lost with VSCode when coming from RStudio?
VSCode is popular these days in the #rstats community. I know how to find everything I need in RStudio and I have my small habits, then how to find my way with VSCode? Here, I present the answers to my first exploration in using VSCode as a R user. […] You first need to install VSCode and …
Debug your package that failed on CRAN with {rhub}
If you sent packages on CRAN, you may have encountered some fails on different operating systems configurations that you never heard about before: Solaris, debian clang, fedora gcc, … Package {rhub} allows to test your package on some of them, prior to sending to CRAN. But, how to debug directly on …
How to debug your package on Win-Builder before sending to CRAN?
CRAN submission can be difficult as your package is checked on multiple OS and R versions that you may not be able to check yourself locally. Thankfully, some services like {rhub} and Win-Builder prevent some unfortunate CRAN errors. But how to debug code that is run on an external server, without …
Keep a github/gitlab fork up-to-date
Developers in the R-community are open to any kind of help in the development of their packages. You can open issues but also propose some pull/merge requests to improve code and/or documentation. But once you have forked the main repository, how can you be sure to work on the last version of the …