{"product_id":"advanced-r-second-edition-chapman-hall-crc-the-r-series","title":"Advanced R, Second Edition (Chapman \u0026 Hall\/CRC The R Series)","description":"Advanced R helps you understand how R works at a fundamental level. It is designed for R programmers who want to deepen their understanding of the language, and programmers experienced in other languages who want to understand what makes R different and special.\nThis book will teach you the foundations of R; three fundamental programming paradigms (functional, object-oriented, and metaprogramming); and powerful techniques for debugging and optimising\nyour code.\n\nBy reading this book, you will learn:\nThe difference between an object and its name, and why the distinction is important\nThe important vector data structures, how they fit together, and how you can pull them apart using subsetting\nThe fine details of functions and environments\nThe condition system, which powers messages, warnings, and errors\nThe powerful functional programming paradigm, which can replace many for loops\nThe three most important OO systems: S3, S4, and R6\nThe tidy eval toolkit for metaprogramming, which allows you to manipulate code and control evaluation\nEffective debugging techniques that you can deploy, regardless of how your code is run\nHow to find and remove performance bottlenecks\nThe second edition is a comprehensive update:\nNew foundational chapters: \"Names and values,\" \"Control flow,\" and \"Conditions\"\ncomprehensive coverage of object oriented programming with chapters on S3, S4, R6, and how to choose between them\nMuch deeper coverage of metaprogramming, including the new tidy evaluation framework\nuse of new package like rlang (http:\/\/rlang.r-lib.org), which provides a clean interface to low-level operations, and purr (http:\/\/purrr.tidyverse.org\/) for functional programming\nUse of color in code chunks and figures\n\nHadley Wickham is Chief Scientist at RStudio, an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and the University of Auckland, and a member of the R Foundation. He is the lead developer of the tidyverse, a collection of R packages, including ggplot2 and dplyr, designed to support data science. He is also the author of R for Data Science (with Garrett Grolemund), R Packages, and ggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0815384572\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0815384572.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Wickham, Hadley\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41897850667066,"sku":"DBV.0815384572.G","price":20.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0815384572-0.jpg?v=1793934580","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/advanced-r-second-edition-chapman-hall-crc-the-r-series","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}