1 Preparation
The first part of our HuGen 2071 course aims to teach you R in the context of applied data wrangling in a genetic context. In our experience, if you have never programmed much before, it moves kind of fast. As such, it would be useful to review these sources below.
1.1 Basic programming ideas
1.1.1 Introduction to Coding
This web page and two short videos discusses how computer programming is very similar to writing a recipe - you have to break a complex project down into precise smaller individual steps.
1.2 R
1.2.1 PhD Training Workshop: Statistics in R
This online book has a nice introduction to the concepts of programming, RStudio, and R
https://bookdown.org/animestina/R_Manchester/
See Chapters 1, 2, and 3
1.3 R and RStudio
1.3.1 R for the Rest of Us
Acquaint or refresh yourself with R and RStudio — including installing them on your computer with this “R for the Rest of Us course” (24 min of videos + exercises):
https://rfortherestofus.com/courses/getting-started/
Slides: https://rfortherestofus.github.io/getting-started/slides/slides.html
1.4 GitHub
To introduce yourself to GitHub:
https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/using-git/about-git
https://docs.github.com/en/get-started/quickstart/hello-world
1.5 R Markdown
To introduce yourself or refresh yourself on R Markdown:
https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/
Scroll down and click on “Get Started”, which will take you to Lesson 1:
1.6 Unix
And finally, to introduce yourself or refresh yourself with Unix (well, Linux in this case, but close enough), try Lessons 1–11 here: