Beyond Beginner R: Advancing Your Coding Skills
Programming and Computational Biology workshop by Philip Leftwich and Edward R. Ivimey-Cook
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About
Develop reliable R workflows for biological and ecological research, from project organization and functional programming to reproducible reporting and collaboration. Hands-on sessions cover tidy evaluation, iteration with purrr, graphics with ggplot2, Quarto reports and GitHub. The final day examines AI coding assistants, context management and agentic workflows, emphasizing critical review and validation of generated code.
2026-10-27–2026-10-30, 13:00–19:00 daily, Europe/Berlin (CET, UTC+01:00). Online course; fee €480. Working knowledge of R data structures, functions and plotting, familiarity with RStudio, and experience with R projects are required.
Topics
- R workflows
- ecological research
- functional programming
- tidy evaluation
- purrr
- ggplot2
- Quarto
- github
- AI coding assistants
Organisers
- Philip Leftwich, University of East Anglia
- Edward R. Ivimey-Cook, University of East Anglia
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