{"product_id":"advanced-r-second-edition-by-hadley-wickham-9780367255374","title":"Advanced R, Second Edition","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdvanced R\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book will teach you the foundations of R: three fundamental programming paradigms (functional, object-oriented, and metaprogramming); and powerful techniques for debugging and optimising your code.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy reading this book, you will learn:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe difference between an object and its name, and why the distinction is important\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe important vector data structures, how they fit together, and how you can pull them apart using subsetting\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe fine details of functions and environments\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe condition system, which powers messages, warnings, and errors\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe powerful functional programming paradigm, which can replace many for loops\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe three most important OO systems: S3, S4, and R6\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eThe tidy eval toolkit for metaprogramming, which allows you to manipulate code and control evaluation\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eEffective debugging techniques that you can deploy, regardless of how your code is run\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eHow to find and remove performance bottlenecks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second edition is a comprehensive update:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eNew foundational chapters: \"Names and values,\" \"Control flow,\" and \"Conditions\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eComprehensive coverage of object oriented programming with chapters on S3, S4, R6, and how to choose between them\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMuch deeper coverage of metaprogramming, including the new tidy evaluation framework\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUse of new packages like \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/rlang.r-lib.org\"\u003erlang\u003c\/a\u003e, which provides a clean interface to low-level operations, and \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/purrr.tidyverse.org\/\"\u003epurrr\u003c\/a\u003e for functional programming\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eUse of colour in code chunks and figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHadley Wickham\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eR for Data Science\u003c\/i\u003e (with Garrett Grolemund), \u003ci\u003eR Packages\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eggplot2: Elegant Graphics for Data Analysis\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47604903248108,"sku":"9780367255374","price":423.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780367255374-advanced-r-second-edition.jpg?v=1778115415","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/advanced-r-second-edition-by-hadley-wickham-9780367255374","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}