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NAME
vincent - co-founder of ThinkR, builds R and Shiny applications for
production, plays with Docker, keeps Posit servers alive
SYNOPSIS
vincent [--r] [--shiny] [--docker] [--teach] [--package] PROJECT...
DESCRIPTION
Writes R since 2007, runs it in production ever since. Co-founded
ThinkR, a French company that ships Shiny applications, R packages
and training, and gives most of its tooling back as open source.
The serious work is not on this account. It is released through the
ThinkR-open organisation and published on CRAN.
OPTIONS
--r writes R, reviews R, reads R at night
--shiny Shiny applications that survive their first user
--docker containers for everything that must run twice
--teach workshops, from "what is a function" to "ship your package"
--package turns scripts into packages before anyone asks
PACKAGES
Maintainer of twelve packages on CRAN, most of them released through
ThinkR-open:
attachment(1) deal with dependencies
checkhelper(1) deal with check outputs
datadiff(1) data validation based on YAML rules
fusen(1) build a package from Rmarkdown files
shiny2docker(1) generate Dockerfiles for Shiny applications
thinkr(1) tools for cleaning up messy files
togglr(1) Toggl.com API for RStudio
rtodoist(1) create and manage todo lists with the Todoist API
fcuk(1) the ultimate helper for clumsy fingers
ztype(1) run a Ztype game loaded with R functions
rusk(1) multiplication tables drawn on a modular circle
spongecake(1) transform a movie into a synthetic picture
Co-author of golem(1), a framework for robust Shiny applications,
and dockerfiler(1), easy Dockerfile creation from R.
BOOKS
Engineering Production-Grade Shiny Apps, with Colin Fay, Sebastien
Rochette and Cervan Girard. Chapman and Hall/CRC, The R Series, 2021.
Free to read online at engineering-shiny.org.
FILES
~/VincentGuyader/*
pet projects, toys and experiments. Written for fun or for a
single need, none of them is going to CRAN.
collage image collages from R
littleboxes boxed titles in RStudio scripts
millefeuille book folding patterns, R running in your browser
skull-king-score offline score keeper for the Skull King card game
BUGS
Plenty. This account is a sandbox: use at your own risk. Report the
serious ones to ThinkR-open, they get fixed there.
LANGUAGES
French (native), English, R.
SEE ALSO
thinkr.fr, rtask.thinkr.fr, engineering-shiny.org, ThinkR-open
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