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{fusen} inflates a Rmarkdown file to magically create a package.

If you know how to create a Rmarkdown file, then you know how to build a package.

Fill the flat Rmd (or qmd) template with everything in one place and {fusen} will inflate the identified parts in the correct package files and directories.

The {fusen} Rmarkdown template encourages users to fill their documentation and tests at the same time of writing their functions code. Thanks to the R package structure used by {fusen}, you can built a robust workflow or R package. {fusen} simplifies and reduces the number of steps towards a full R package.
After that, your {pkgdown} documentation website is one command away to be shared with all your users.

This {fusen} package is a real-world example of {fusen} use as it was itself created from the flat templates available in "dev/" folder in its GitHub repository.

Installation

You can install the released CRAN version:

install.packages("fusen")

Full documentation for the CRAN version is here: https://thinkr-open.github.io/fusen/

You can install the development version of {fusen} from GitHub:

# From r-universe.dev (No need for GITHUB_PAT)
options(repos = c(
  thinkropen = "https://thinkr-open.r-universe.dev",
  CRAN = "https://cloud.r-project.org"
))
# Download and install {fusen} in R
install.packages("fusen")

# With {remotes} using GitHub API - Need for GITHUB_PAT
# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("ThinkR-open/fusen")

Full documentation for the development version is here: https://thinkr-open.github.io/fusen/dev/

You are one Rmd away from building a package!

{fusen} is all about correctly separating and naming chunks.

fill_description(fields = list(Title = "My Awesome Package"))
usethis::use_mit_license("John Doe")
fusen::inflate(
  flat_file = "dev/flat_teaching.Rmd",
  vignette_name = "Get started",
  check = TRUE
)
fusen::init_share_on_github()

That’s it! You built a package! A documented and tested package!
You even have a website for it!

Let’s test it now:

remotes::install_local()
my.package::my_median(1:12)

Description of the Rmd template

As I said earlier, this is all about using the correct split and name for your chunks.

Note that the "flat*.Rmd" files created with templates full and teaching are indeed working examples that can directly be inflated.

You can also have a look at {squirrels.fusen} that has been built to present the method. Follow the commits: https://github.com/statnmap/squirrels.fusen/commits/main

How to maintain a {fusen}? Can I use {fusen} with old-way packages?

There is a dedicated vignette to answer this: https://thinkr-open.github.io/fusen/articles/Maintain-packages-with-fusen.html

Advice : Use git as soon as possible, this will avoid losing your work if you made some modifications in the wrong place

Who is {fusen} for?

When you write a Rmarkdown file (or a vignette), you create a documentation for your analysis (or package). Inside, you write some functions, you test your functions with examples and you maybe write some unit tests to verify the outputs. This is even more true if you follow this guide : ‘Rmd first’: When development starts with documentation After that, you need to move your functions and scripts in the correct place. Let {fusen} do that for you!

{fusen} is first addressed to people who never wrote a package before but know how to write a Rmarkdown file. Understanding package infrastructure and correctly settling it can be frightening. This package may help them do the first step!

{fusen} is also addressed to more advanced developers who are fed up with switching between R files, tests files, vignettes. In particular, when changing arguments of a function, we need to change examples, unit tests in multiple places. Here, you can do it in one place. No risk to forget one. Think also about code review: everything related to one function is at the same place.

Q&A : All tips and tricks of a {fusen} template

=> See vignette Tips and Tricks: https://thinkr-open.github.io/fusen/articles/tips-and-tricks.html

Why is this package named {fusen} ?

A fusen is an origami. It is a flat piece of paper that you fold in a specific way so that at the end, you can magically inflate it to let a nice box appear.

Similarly, the {fusen} package uses a flat Rmd template, that you fill in a specific way so that at the end, you can magically inflate() it to let a nice package appear.

Click here to fold your {fusen}…

Acknowledgments

Code of Conduct

Please note that the {fusen} project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.