Recently, Packt Publishing publish the book R Object-oriented Programming. The eleven chapter book covers from basic data types in R to a more advanced method such as simulation and writing functions. Different data types (i.e. integer, character, factor) are discussed in-depth in the book as well as numeric and string operations. The good thing with it is that it walks the reader from simple to complicated topic making it easier to learn the language. There are two chapters dedicated in discussing about S3 and S4 classes which are not commonly found published books about R. The last two chapters of the book are dedicated case studies wherein the reader can apply all the learnings from previous chapter. A very good book for beginners and basic users who want to advance their skill and explore the full potential of R as a programming language. Good book to have!
I have been asked to review the book “R Object-oriented Programming” by Kelly Black, edited by Packt publishing (£14.45 for the E-Book, £27.99 for Print+E-Book).The scope of the book is “to provide a resource for programming using the R language” and therefore it can be seen as a good and…
What makes this book different from other books about R is stated clearly by the author Norman Matloff in the introduction: "This book is not a compendium of the myriad types of statistical methods that are available in the wonderful R package. It r...
I was asked to review Learning Shiny (Hernán G. Resnizky, Packt Publishing, 2015). I found the book to be useful, motivating and generally easy to read. I'd already spent some time dabbling with Shiny, but the book helped me graduate from paddling in the shallows to wading out into the…