flowchart TD A(Package Google Result) --> B[Cran Page] A --> C[Documentation PDF] C --> B B --> D[Github Repo] D --> E[pkgdown page] E -.-> F[bookdown book] E --> G[Articles/Vignettes]
The R Eco System
This is a flowchart of my most frequent workflow for finding information about an R package.
How it looks
1. Googling for a package
2. The Cran Page
Visual overload. Look for the url
3. The Github Page
A lot of visual overload, but usually there’s
- A relatively nicely formatted README file
- A pkgdown url
4. The pkgdown page
This is where it’s worth taking some time to click around and explore, but for how-tos and examples, look for a tab at the top called “Articles” or “Vignettes”
