The targets R package user manual

This repository is the targets R package user manual. It contains in-depth discussion and walkthroughs of the main features of targets and advice about best practices. The goal is to introduce new users to targets and instill a thorough understanding of what it does, how it works, and when to use it. The manual is implemented as a typical bookdown project with a single _bookdown.yml file at the top level and one R Markdown source file for each chapter. End users are encouraged to read the rendered output at https://books.ropensci.org/targets.

Code of conduct

Please note that this package is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct.

Citation

citation("targets")

To cite targets in publications use:

  Landau, W. M., (2021). The targets R package: a dynamic Make-like
  function-oriented pipeline toolkit for reproducibility and
  high-performance computing. Journal of Open Source Software, 6(57),
  2959, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02959

A BibTeX entry for LaTeX users is

  @Article{,
    title = {The targets R package: a dynamic Make-like function-oriented pipeline toolkit for reproducibility and high-performance computing},
    author = {William Michael Landau},
    journal = {Journal of Open Source Software},
    year = {2021},
    volume = {6},
    number = {57},
    pages = {2959},
    url = {https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.02959},
  }