1.1 Project Template

Why project templates: https://chendaniely.github.io/sdal/2017/05/30/project_templates/

Other resources:

• https://github.com/ropensci/rrrpkg
• https://github.com/benmarwick/rrtools
• A template for research projects structured as R packages: https://github.com/Pakillo/template

project/             # the project/code repository
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|- data/             # raw and primary data, are not changed once created
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|  +- *project_data/ # subfolder that links to an encrypted data storage container
|  |  |                    note that nothing here is in the git repository
|  |  |                    it's just a shortcut (i.e., link) to a different folder
|  |  |- original/   # raw data, will not be altered
|  |  |- working/    # intermediate datasets from src code
|  |  +- final/      # final datasets used for analysis/models/plots
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|  +- more_data/     # some projects will need multiple links
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|- src/              # any programmatic code
|  |- analysis1/     # user1 assigned to the project
|  +- analysis2/     # user2 assigned to the project
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|- R/                # functions
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|- tests/            # unit tests
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|- output            # all output and results from workflows and analyses
|  |- figures/       # graphs, likely designated for manuscript figures
|  |- pictures/      # diagrams, images, and other non-graph graphics
|  +- analysis/      # generated reports for (e.g. rmarkdown output)
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|- README.md         # the top level description of content
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|- .gitignore        # git ignore file
|- project.Rproj     # RStudio project
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|- DESCRIPTION       # Description file to repo into R package, if applicable
+- Makefile          # Makefile, if applicable