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Anyone with a programming background getting into R should absolutely go read _Advanced R_. I've been using R off and on for a while now but Advanced R was a re
by ropeladder 9y ago
Anyone with a programming background getting into R should absolutely go read _Advanced R_. I've been using R off and on for a while now but Advanced R was a real revelation. All of R's weird behavior finally made sense.
Edit: Also there is a 2nd edition in the works: (confusingly hosted at the same subdomain of a different version of Hadley Wickham's website.
https://adv-r.hadley.nz/ https://adv-r.hadley.nz/
- cecilialee 9y agoLooks nice! Thanks!
- hadley 9y agoThe subdomain confusion will get resolved once the 2nd ed is a bit more mature so I can just redirect the 1st ed.
- baldfat 9y agoAfter reading Advance R I HIGHLY recommend learning Racket (a lisp) and work through "How to Design Programs" it will take a while and it is very dense but this is the best thing I have ever did to make my programming skills better. http://www.ccis.northeastern.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index.html http://www.ccis.northeastern.edu/home/matthias/HtDP2e/index....
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