Posted by Colin Fay

How to Write an R Package Wrapping a NodeJS Module

Mr A Bichat was looking for a way to bundle a NodeJS module inside an R package. Here is an attempt at a reproducible example, that might also help others! About NodeJS Packages There are two ways to install NodeJS packages: globally and locally. The idea with local dependencies is that when … Continue reading →

Use R & GitHub as a Workout planner

Over the years, I’ve been trying a bunch a different applications and methods to stay motivated to workout. But every time it’s the same: at some point the application is great but limited if you do not pay, or the workouts are repetitive, or simply I can’t get into the habit of using the … Continue reading →

Automate the Creation of an API Wrapper package by Scraping its Online Documentation

I’ve recently been building a package to interact with the Rocket.chat API. One thing I don’t like about building API wrapper is that it’s very repetitive: you have to copy and paste things over and over again, for each endpoint of the API. Arguments, documentation… But here’s a fun … Continue reading →

How to use your Garmin watch to tell your team you’re going for a run

Building an API in NodeJS and R to send message to Slack from your Garmin watch. Why on earth ThinkR is a remote company, meaning that we all work from our home. On top of other cool things about remote work, this allows me to skip my lunch break and take a one hour break in the middle of the … Continue reading →

chuck — A training tool for deploying Shiny Apps

chuck is a small app you can use as a training tool for deploying Shiny applications. Why? In late December the ThinkR team followed a three day workshop on Kubernetes, which was the opportunity for us to receive a proper training on how to deploy apps to Kube. One challenging thing for … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-08 with R & JavaScript

Solving Advent of Code 2019-08 with R and JavaScript. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 8. About the JavaScript code The JavaScript code has been written in the same RMarkdown as the R code. It runs thanks to the … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-07 with R

Solving Advent of Code 2019-07 with R. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 7. Instructions Find the instructions at: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/7 R solution vec <- scan("input7.txt", numeric(), sep = … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-06 with R

Solving Advent of Code 2019-06 with R (and no JavaScript this time). [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 6. Instructions Find the instructions at: https://adventofcode.com/2019/day/6 R solution Part … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-05 with R & JavaScript

Solving Advent of Code 2019-05 with R and JavaScript. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 5. [Disclaimer bis] I’m no JavaScript expert so this might not be the perfect solution. TBH, that’s also the case for the … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-04 with R & JavaScript

Solving Advent of Code 2019-04 with R and JavaScript. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 4. [Disclaimer bis] I’m no JavaScript expert so this might not be the perfect solution. TBH, that’s also the case for the … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-03 with R & JavaScript

Solving Advent of Code 2019-03 with R and JavaScript. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 3. [Disclaimer bis] I’m no JavaScript expert so this might not be the perfect solution. TBH, that’s also the case for the … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-02 with R & JavaScript

Solving Advent of Code 2019-02 with R and JavaScript. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 2. [Disclaimer bis] I’m no JavaScript expert so this might not be the perfect solution. And TBH, that’s also the case for … Continue reading →

Advent of Code 2019-01 with R & JavaScript

Solving Advent of Code 2019-01 with R and JavaScript. [Disclaimer] Obviously, this post contains a big spoiler about Advent of Code, as it gives solutions for solving day 1. [Disclaimer bis] I’m no JavaScript expert so this might not be the perfect solution. TBH, that’s also the case for the … Continue reading →

Getting started with {golem}

A little blog post about where to look if you want to get started with {golem}, and an invitation to code with us in October. go-what? If you’ve never heard about it before, {golem} is a tool for building production-grade Shiny applications. With {golem}, Shiny developers have a toolkit for … Continue reading →

JavaScript cont in R

One thing I like about JavaScript is the const declaration method, which allows you to declare a variable one time, and that variable can’t be reassigned after that. I.e, this piece of code will throw an error: node -e "const x = 12; x = 14" ## [eval]:1 ## const x = 12; x = 14 ## … Continue reading →