Using renv to track the version of your packages in R (CC229)

[@dasrotrad]

"Pat Schloss told me so!" {gt version = 0.7.0} blew me up. I had not initiated {renv} for my very large project. That was a big mistake. {renv} is now installed and initiated with {gt version 0.6.0}. {gt} and my other dependencies safely stored in renv.lock library. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING RENV SO WELL, PAT. I will be using {renv} often!

[@Riffomonas]

Awesome!

[@rdr9999]

I had the exact same problem with gt 0.7.0, Robert. I’d also just discovered Pat’s work last week and while randomly sampling it, remembered him saying something about renv and snapshots. What a find! Pat, your work is exemplary. Really appreciate the thoughts, the pacing, and the personality. Clear to me you’re an excellent teacher. Thank you!

[@Riffomonas]

@@rdr9999 Thanks Robert! I needed that :)

[@leonelemiliolereboursnadal6966]

You are one of the most awesome teacher of R! Thanks for these videos!!!

[@Riffomonas]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching 🤓

[@Riffomonas]

I'm sorry that I just noticed you sent me a Super Thanks - Right back at you - thanks!

[@hanhnguyen84]

Thank you very much, Pat. From Anthony Hay's lab member at Cornell. Your videos are awesome. They are all very useful for me.

[@Riffomonas]

You're very welcome! Say hi to Anthony for me

[@dasrotrad]

Thanks!

[@Riffomonas]

Thank you so much for your continued support of the channel and the $5 contribution. I can't tell you how much that means!

[@KN-tx7sd]

Extremely useful. Thank you, Pat.

[@Riffomonas]

My pleasure!

[@theecanmole]

Thank you. That was really valuable.

[@racheludow4701]

This video is extremely helpful! Aside from the follow-up conda video, do you have any tips or recommended resources for ensuring reproducibility when it comes to different versions of R itself?

[@Riffomonas]

Wonderful! I use conda in all of my projects to keep track of specific versions of the tools i use including R. Because my projects typically involve more tools than R, conda works well for keeping track of those versions in a way that renv can't

[@rcepka]

How renv package plays with the containers please? For example when using Docker, you usually specify R packages whether directly in Dockerfile, or providing from there a link to R script containing the packages which should be loaded into the environment. Are these approaches supplementary, or could cause eventual confusion when using both? Many thanks Pat for this channel, I am relatively new to R and found this to be a very good source of learning. I like your clear way of explaining things...:) Best, Robert

[@haraldurkarlsson1147]

Pat - are you a member of the Data Science Group that University of Michigan set up in the middle to late 2010s?

[@Riffomonas]

Midas? If so, I’m an affiliate member. I also do a poor job of coordinating our Carpentries group on campus.

[@ahmed007Jaber]

Thank you for this Pat. Excellent content as always. Just started using this now So when you use renv::init()? Only first time? Suppose i started working with the package i used renv::snapshot() at the beginning will i use the init()? If i am working on different computers, the renv package will ask if i want to update package to match the one uploaded on Github? Just curious thank u so much

[@yaqinguo8971]

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[@Riffomonas]

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