Chambers J.M. Extending R

CRC Press, 2016. — 379 p. — (Chapman & Hall/CRC The R Series). — ISBN: 978-1-4987-7572-4.Up-to-Date Guidance from One of the Foremost Members of the R Core Team
Written by John M. Chambers, the leading developer of the original S software, Extending R covers key concepts and techniques in R to support analysis and research projects. It presents the core ideas of R, provides programming guidance for projects of all scales, and introduces new, valuable techniques that extend R.
The book first describes the fundamental characteristics and background of R, giving readers a foundation for the remainder of the text. It next discusses topics relevant to programming with R, including the apparatus that supports extensions. The book then extends R’s data structures through object-oriented programming, which is the key technique for coping with complexity. The book also incorporates a new structure for interfaces applicable to a variety of languages.
A reflection of what R is today, this guide explains how to design and organize extensions to R by correctly using objects, functions, and interfaces. It enables current and future users to add their own contributions and packages to R.Understanding R
Objects, Functions and Interfaces
Evolution
R in Operation
Programming with R
Small, Medium and Large
Functions
Objects
Packages
In the Large
Object-Oriented Programming
Classes and Methods in R
Functional OOP in R
Encapsulated OOP in R
Interfaces
Understanding Interfaces
The XR Structure for Interfaces
An Interface to Python
An Interface to Julia
Subroutine Interfaces