6 targets
targets is Alec’s other favorite package. It is a tool for combining
your functions and data into a full analysis pipeline. Targets (like
predecessors drake and GNU Make), monitors changes to data and R code
to only rerun what you need to, when you need to. It has helped me build
huge pipelines with thousands of datasets, and many analytical steps. I
won’t attempt to introduce it here - the package is well documented by a
dedicated, and incredibly helpful developer (thanks!). The pay off here
is huge, write functions in R and easily rerun your analysis with one
step: tar_make().
Some projects in the lab that have used targets are:
- Movebank summarizer:
move-book - Preparing animal movement data with
prepare-locs -
Caribou swimming
paper (using
drake)