class: title-slide, left, bottom # Ongoing learning ---- ## **Session 9** ### ### .right-column[ ] --- class: center # Ongoing learning </br> Learning R is not unlike learning a spoken language: </br> </br> Unfortunately it takes time to build vocab and learn syntax. </br> </br> Regular (even total) immersion is the best way to progress. </br> </br> </br> Will reward you if you can make the investment --- class: center # Quick fix -- # What if you get stuck? ## Google (Stack Overflow) Strategy --- class: center # Stack Overflow Strategy </br> Require vocabulary to describe the problem (which you may not have right away) </br> </br> There is more than one style of writing R! </br> </br> Best to find the style that you're already using. </br> </br> Beware the date of answer. --- class: center # Stack Overflow Strategy ##Example: [<img class="center" src="data:image/png;base64,#img/session10/stack-overflow.PNG"/>](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8212699/group) --- # Longer term fixes - books (online and paper) -- .pull-left[ [<img class="center" src="data:image/png;base64,#img/session04/r-for-data-science.PNG"/>](https://r4ds.had.co.nz/) ] .pull-right[ [<img class="center" src="data:image/png;base64,#img/session10/ggplot2-book.PNG"/>](https://ggplot2-book.org/) ] --- # Longer term fixes - books (online only) [<img class="center" src="data:image/png;base64,#img/session10/big-book-of-r.png"/>](https://www.bigbookofr.com/index.html) --- # Longer term fixes - blogs </br> https://rweekly.org/ </br> </br> https://www.r-bloggers.com/ </br> </br> [NHS-R Community blog](https://nhsrcommunity.com/blog/) - you can contribute to it too! --- # Longer term fixes - Social Media </br> Twitter - [#rstats](https://twitter.com/search?q=%23rstats&src=typed_query&f=live) </br> </br> [NHS-R Slack](https://nhsrcommunity.slack.com) channel </br> </br> [Government Data Science](https://govdatascience.slack.com) channel - access only with certain email addresses and for NHS this is nhs.net --- # File and Project structures Jenny Bryan's Presentation on [How to Name Files](https://speakerdeck.com/jennybc/how-to-name-files?slide=6) </br> </br> Danielle Navarro's Presentation (based on Jenny's) on [Project Structure](https://slides.djnavarro.net/project-structure/#1) supported with [YouTube videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?reload=9&list=PLRPB0ZzEYegPiBteC2dRn95TX9YefYFyy) <iframe src="https://slides.djnavarro.net/project-structure/#1" width="600" height="400" loading="lazy" allowfullscreen></iframe> <script>fitvids('.shareagain', {players: 'iframe'});</script> --- #### This work is licensed as </br> Creative Commons </br> Attribution </br> ShareAlike 4.0 </br> International </br> To view a copy of this license, visit </br> https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/