• Online, Self-Paced
Course Description

There is a wide variety of support libraries in R to help you perform tasks such as rendering, documentation, referencing, string manipulation, and library management. In this course, you'll explore a range of domain-specific tools in R.

Learning Objectives

Library Tools

  • start the course
  • explore the libraries included in the tidyverse collection
  • use the stringr library to manipulate strings
  • use the forcats library for factors in R
  • use the purrr library for functional programming in R

Web Application Tools

  • use the shiny library for building web apps from R
  • create a plot using R and the shiny library
  • use the DT library in R to use a JavaScript DataTable

R Markdown

  • explore the elements of an R Markdown file (.rmd)
  • render an html document from R Markdown
  • render a LaTeX document from R Markdown
  • use knitr to dynamically generate reports in R Markdown
  • use bibtex citations from R Markdown

Practice: R Markdown Publishing

  • create an R Markdown file (.rmd) and render the output as html

Framework Connections

The materials within this course focus on the Knowledge Skills and Abilities (KSAs) identified within the Specialty Areas listed below. Click to view Specialty Area details within the interactive National Cybersecurity Workforce Framework.