hadley/adv-r resource
Advanced R: a book observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
28/100
- Activity 11
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4761
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 539
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2457 stars · 1691 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The source for 'Advanced R', an open-access book by Hadley Wickham teaching advanced R programming concepts, built with bookdown. It covers language internals like environments, closures, metaprogramming, and performance for R users and programmers coming from other languages.
Use cases
- learn advanced R programming
- understand R environments and closures
- learn R metaprogramming
- improve R coding skills
- understand why R works the way it does
- free online R book for experienced programmers
When to choose
- you already know R basics and want deeper language understanding
- you want a free, authoritative reference on R internals
- you're transitioning to R from another language
When to avoid
- you're a complete beginner learning R from scratch
- you need a data science workflow tutorial rather than language internals
- you need a printed reference with no internet access
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation developer-tools programming-languages tutorials data-science r-language bookdown open-textbook advanced-programming r
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/hadley/adv-r · fetched 2026-08-28 · 31fda3c82d70
- homepage: http://adv-r.hadley.nz · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9a5959a08bb2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| hadley/adv-r | main | 28 |
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