the r ecosystem
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R is Quirky…
The best thing about R is that it was written by statisticians. The worst thing about R is that it was written by statisticians.Bow CowgillGoogle
… and yet really, really popularR Usage Growth
Rexer Data Miner Survey, 2007-2015
Language PopularityIEEE Spectrum Top Programming Languages,
201676% of analytic professionals report using R
36% select R as their primary tool
Why?
The R Language
Statistical Software
Data Visualization Toolkit
Literate Programming Framework
Programming Language
CRAN Package SystemPhoto credit: Robert Gentleman
Comprehensiveness
Build and Test
Cross-Platform
Reproducibility• checkpoint• packrat
CRAN
The R Project:Governance
R Foundation R Consortium
R Core Group
CRAN
ISC
R-help
StackOverflow
GitHub
Twitter #rstats
R-bloggers
R Journal
Community Resourcesfor R
Companies Supporting R
Products Integrated
with R
Developers: R Tools for Visual Studio
Sharing: R Charts and Data in PowerBI
Integrating R: Azure ML Studio
R as an Azure Web Service: AzureML package
R in Excel
• Custom VM image on Azure Marketplace
• Contains a set of data science, Azure tools/SDKs
• All pre-configured and ready to use
• Pay for cloud hardware usage only. No separate software charges!
• Pointers to gallery, samples, documentation
• Windows and Linux Versions• Up and running quickly
R in the Microsoft Data Science Virtual Machine
xgboost Vowpal WabbitRattle
CNTK
R and Big Data
SQL Server R Services R Server for Azure HDInsight
Reliability
Platforms
Training
Talent Pool
Best Practices
Legal clarity Why?A Mature Ecosystem
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David SmithR Community Lead
[email protected] @revodavid
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