When talking about languages to use in Production in data science, R is usually not part of the conversation and if it is, it's referenced as a secondary language. One of the main reasons this occurs is because R it’s commonly associated with being more suitable for statistical analysis and languages like Python and JavaScript,

What is an Rprofile Every time R starts, it runs through a couple of R scripts. One of these scripts is the .Rprofile. This allows users to customise their particular set-up. However, some care has to be taken, as if this script is broken, this can cause R to break. If this happens, just delete

Operators you should make more use of in R Only recently have I discovered the true power of some the operators in R. Here are some tips on some underused operators in R: The %in% operator This funny looking operator is very handy. It’s short for testing if several values appear in an object. For

Jumping Rivers are coming to San Francisco in January 2020! We'll be running a number of R training courses with Paradigm Data. You can find the booking links and more details over at our courses page. Don't be afraid to get in contact if you have any questions! 22nd January - Intro to R This

SatRdays SatRdays are great. Low cost R events, held around the world. What's not to love! For the last year, we have been offering automatic sponsorship for all SatRday events. All the organisers have to do is complete a quick questionnaire and the money is sent on it's way. So far we have sponsored seven

Before we start anything, I’d like to mention that most of the hard work came from nsaunders and his great blog post Idle thoughts lead to R internals: how to count function arguments. Let’s get started. The aim of this blog is to capture the number of arguments present in each function with packages of

Jumping Rivers is a data science consultancy company focused on R and Python. We work across industries and throughout the world. We offer a mixture of training, modelling, and infrastructure support. Jumping Rivers is an RStudio Full Service Certified Partner. This role is suitable for anyone interested in deploying (Linux-based) data science services and contains

At Jumping Rivers we're always to want to branch into the data science community, and so this year we're going to quite a few conferences in the autumn. You can catch us at: GSS (Government Statistical Service) Conference - Edinburgh From the 1-2 October, our very own Esther Gillespie (CEO) and Seb Mellor (Data Engineer)

We're RStudio Trainers! Big news. RStudio recently started certifying trainers in three areas: the tidyverse, Shiny and teaching. To be certified to teach a topic you have to pass the exam for that topic and the teaching exam. Even bigger news. Four of your lovely Jumping Rivers trainers are now certified to teach at least