Frank Mattes
2003-Jun-03 16:31 UTC
Rtips (was Re: [R] ? building a database with a the great /cookbook
For me as a beginner a cookbook would be welcome. so many great code examples are posted into the help list, but finding these is quite difficult. I think it comes all down to the problem who is compiling / contributing and can judge what should go in. In this respect, Detlef Steuer (suggestion , might be a solution http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?RwikiHome. Frank> >Message: 67 >Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2003 00:05:02 -0700 >From: Claude Rubinson <cmsclaud at uga.edu> >Subject: Re: Rtips (was Re: [R] ? building a database with a the great > >I'm wondering if there's demand/interest in a cookbook-style site >along the lines of ActiveState/O'Reilly's Perl and Python cookbook >sites. (If you're not familiar with the cookbooks, they're databases >of user-supplied "recipes" illustrating various programming tips and >techniques.) The advantage of the cookbooks are that, since users >supply the content, they take much of the demand off of the >maintainer(s). > >I figure that a cookbook would probably be welcome (after all, who >doesn't like more information?). So, I guess the real question is if >there are enough people who would be willing to contribute recipes on >an ongoing basis? The R community is certainly smaller than that of >Perl or Python. > >Thoughts? > >Claude-- Frank Mattes, MD e-mail: f.mattes at ucl.ac.uk Department of Virology fax 0044(0)207 8302854 Royal Free Hospital and tel 0044(0)207 8302997 University College Medical School London