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Object-Oriented Programming with S3 and R6 in R

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Updated 08/2024

Manage the complexity in your code using object-oriented programming with the S3 and R6 systems.

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Course Description

Object-oriented programming (OOP) lets you specify relationships between functions and the objects that they can act on, helping you manage complexity in your code. This is an intermediate level course, providing an introduction to OOP, using the S3 and R6 systems. S3 is a great day-to-day R programming tool that simplifies some of the functions that you write. R6 is especially useful for industry-specific analyses, working with web APIs, and building GUIs.

Prerequisites

Introduction to Writing Functions in R

1

Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming

What is Object-Oriented Programming?

Should I OOP?

You've Already Been Working With Objects

The Nine Systems

Which Systems Should I Use?

How does R Distinguish Variables?

What's my type?

Assigning Classes

Make it Classy (1)

Make it Classy (2)

2

Using S3

Generics and Methods or Function Overload

What's in a Name?

Creating a Generic Function

Creating an S3 Method (1)

Creating an S3 method (2)

Methodical Thinking

Finding Available Methods (1)

Finding Available Methods (2)

Method Lookup for Primitive Generics

Primitive Generic Functions

Who is Calling?

Too Much Class

Very Classy

Writing the Next Method

3

Using R6

The Object Factory

Specifying the Microwave Oven Class

Making Microwave Ovens

Hiding Complexity with Encapsulation

Learning to Cook

Close the Door

First Thing's First

Getting and Setting with Active Bindings

Read the Rating

Control the Power

4

R6 Inheritance

Propagating Functionality with Inheritance

Specifying a Fancy Microwave Oven

Who's the Daddy?

Making a Fancy Microwave Oven

Embrace, Extend, Override

Extending the Cooking Capabilities

Overriding the Cooking Capabilities

Multiple Levels of Inheritance

Exposing your Parent

Over-Overriding the Cooking Capabilities

Remembering Your Origins

5

Advanced R6 Usage

Environments, Reference Behavior, & Shared Fields

Working with Environments (1)

Working with Environments (2)

Static Electricity

Cloning R6 Objects

Attack of the Clones (1)

Attack of the Clones (2)

Shut it Down

The Final Countdown

This is the End (of an R6 Object)

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Joy

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Sauli

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Good and clearly understandable orientation to OOP in R!

Jean

9 days

海绵

13 days

I think the S3 chapter need more explanation to the use of this style.Because the python and java use class to code.I really want the lesson to elucidate the reason why S3 use this style for data analysis.Thanks very much!

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