| Title: | Tutorials for Learning 'Positron' and for Using AI |
| Version: | 0.2.1 |
| Description: | Collection of tutorials for working with 'Positron' and for learning how to apply generative AI when coding with R. Covers scripts, 'Quarto' documents, 'Git', 'GitHub', and 'Quarto' websites. Makes extensive use of the tools in the 'tutorial.helpers' package. |
| Depends: | R (≥ 4.1.0) |
| License: | MIT + file LICENSE |
| Encoding: | UTF-8 |
| RoxygenNote: | 7.3.2 |
| Config/testthat/edition: | 3 |
| BugReports: | https://github.com/PPBDS/positron.tutorials/issues |
| URL: | https://ppbds.github.io/positron.tutorials/, https://github.com/PPBDS/positron.tutorials |
| Imports: | tutorial.helpers, usethis |
| Suggests: | arrow, babynames, DBI, dbplyr, duckdb, fs, ggrepel, gitcreds, httr2, knitr, leaflet, learnr, nycflights13, palmerpenguins, pkgbuild, plotly, quarto, rsconnect, testthat, tidycensus, tidyverse, viridis |
| NeedsCompilation: | no |
| Packaged: | 2026-02-17 11:35:37 UTC; dkane |
| Author: | David Kane  [aut,
cre, cph] |
| Maintainer: | David Kane <dave.kane@gmail.com> |
| Repository: | CRAN |
| Date/Publication: | 2026-02-17 11:50:02 UTC |
Positron Tutorials
Description
The positron.tutorials package provides interactive tutorials in three main categories: Positron and modern development tools, R for Data Science fundamentals, and US Census data analysis. The R for Data Science tutorials are based on R for Data Science (2e) by Hadley Wickham, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel, and Garrett Grolemund. The Census tutorial draws from Analyzing US Census Data: Methods, Maps, and Models in R by Kyle Walker.
Details
A comprehensive collection of interactive tutorials covering Positron and modern development workflows, R for Data Science essentials, and US Census data analysis. This package makes extensive use of the tools in the tutorial.helpers package.
Positron and Development Tools Tutorials
The package includes seven tutorials focused on Positron and modern R development:
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Positron and Code (01-code): Introduction to Positron and writing R code in simple scripts
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Positron and Quarto (02-quarto): Advanced R coding tricks in Positron and Quarto document creation
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Terminal (03-terminal): Command line fundamentals
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Positron and GitHub Introduction (04-github-1): Git and GitHub basics within Positron
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Positron and GitHub Advanced (05-github-2): Advanced Git/GitHub workflows and GitHub Pages
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Quarto Websites Introduction (06-websites-1): Basic website construction using Quarto projects
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Quarto Websites Advanced (07-websites-2): Advanced Quarto websites with modular data analysis
R for Data Science Tutorials
The package includes five r4ds tutorials (r4ds-1 through r4ds-5) that cover:
Data import and visualization
Data transformations and tidying
Working with databases, strings, and regular expressions
Factors, dates, times, and joins
Web scraping, functions, and iterations
Census Data Tutorial
The tidycensus-1 tutorial covers working with US Census data using the tidycensus package.
Running Tutorials
To run a tutorial, use:
learnr::run_tutorial(name = "short_tutorial_name", package = "positron.tutorials")
Available tutorial names include: 01-code, 02-quarto, 03-terminal, 04-github-1, 05-github-2, 06-websites-1, 07-websites-2, r4ds-1, r4ds-2, r4ds-3, r4ds-4, r4ds-5, and tidycensus-1.
Author(s)
Maintainer: David Kane dave.kane@gmail.com (ORCID) [copyright holder]
See Also
Useful links: