The concept of containerization itself is pretty old. But the emergence of the Docker Engine in 2013 has made it much easier to containerize your applications. According to the Stack Overflow Developer Survey - 2020, Docker is the #1 most wanted platform, #2 most loved platform, and also the #3
What are my hybrid and multicloud deployment options with Anthos?
Anthos is a managed application platform that extends Google Cloud services and engineering practices to your environments so you can modernize apps faster and establish operational consistency across them. Anthos offers multiple deployment options to choose from, depending on where your infrastructure and applications live today. In this article we are outlining the Anthos deployment options.
Developing a complex R Shiny app – the good, the bad and the ugly | WZB Dat
Together with Clara Bicalho (UC Berkeley) and Sisi Huang (WZB), I recently developed a web application that acts as a convenient interface to the DeclareDesign R package and its repository of resea…
In this article, we'll examine how Blue Oceans are created and how your organization can create Blue Oceans with Data Science too. We'll finish with a roadmap for your organization to build Blue Oceans with Data Science.
Debugging in R: How to Easily and Efficiently Conquer Errors in Your Code
When you write code, you’re sure to run into problems from time to time. Here are some advanced tips and tricks for handling these errors, explained accessibly.
Building a Strong Data Science Team from the Ground Up
Business is changing as a result of the increasing quantity and variety of data available. Significant new opportunities can be realized by harnessing the knowledge contained in these data - if you know where to look. A data science team can help to bring raw data through the analysis process and derive insights that …
In this article we look at how to build a shiny app with clear code, reusable and automatically tested modules. For that, we first go into the package structure and testing a shiny app before we focus on the actual modules.
No Framework, No Problem! Structuring your project folder and creating cust
Pedro Coutinho Silva is a software engineer at Appsilon Data Science. It is not always possible to create a dashboard that fully meets your expectations or requirements using only existing libraries. Maybe you want a specific function that needs to be custom built, or maybe you want to add your own style or company branding. Whatever the case, a moment might come when you need to expand and organize your code base, and dive into creating a custom solution for your project; but where to start?
In this article we present our R package rsync, which serves as an interface between R and the popular Linux command line tool rsync. Rsync allows users of Unix systems to synchronize local and remote files between two locations.
Introduction Starting the viewer Sorting Filtering Searching Advanced topics Auto-refreshing Labels Restrictions and Performance Saving filters Introduction RStudio includes a data viewer th...
25 Awesome Tips for Microsoft Excel – The Productive Engineer
Want to learn some cool Excel tips? You have come to the right place! This blog post has 25 tips to help you become more productive and efficient using Excel.
20 Free Online Books to Learn R and Data Science - Python and R Tips
If you are interested in learning Data Science with R, but not interested in spending money on books, you are definitely in a very good space. There are a number of fantastic R/Data Science books and resources available online for free from top most creators and scientists. Here are such 13 free 20 free (so […]
Customizing Package Build Options – RStudio Support
Customizing Package Build Options Overview There are three R package build commands used by the RStudio package development tools: R CMD check R CMD build R CMD INSTALL It's possible to c...
Beginner Programmers' Mistakes :: The Professional Programmer
The mistakes beginner programmers usually make. Learn to identify these situations and avoid them. :: My tips and advice on your journey from a beginner programmer into a professional one
Exploring Data - Creating Reactive Web Apps with R and Shiny
I developed a web application to enable exploration of the data collected by a survey of software testers. I explain how R and Shiny can be used to create reactive web applications which make data accessible to a wider audience.