Building tidy R packages for the OMOP common data model

Author

Edward Burn, Martí Català

Published

September 24, 2024

Introduction

This is an opinionated book on how we develop packages in the omopverse.

R packages

For general R package development we recommend the following book: R Packages; Learn how to create a package, the fundamental unit of shareable, reusable, and reproducible R code.

The book is divided in four parts:

  • Part one: covers the main …

  • Part two: covers the main …

  • Part three: covers the main …

  • Part four: covers the main …

  • Part five: covers the main …

  • Before developing the package

    • scope
    • how it fits within the ecosystem

  • classes (they are deffined in omopgenerics)

  • error messages

    • Why?
    • How?

  • naming

    • functions
    • strcutures: generate...CohortSet, ...Cohort, add..., summarise..., plot..., table...,
    • arguments

  • input validation

  • testing

  • reexport

  • main branch should be protected