The R Ecosystem

Welcome to the Wide World of Packages

The Birth of R (1976)

S -> R

John Chambers, Bell Labs

Robert Gentlemen and Ross Ihaka, University of Auckland

Open-Source Software

Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. Open-source software may be developed in a collaborative, public manner. Open-source software is a prominent example of open collaboration, meaning any capable user is able to participate online in development, making the number of possible contributors indefinite.

ggplot2 by Hadley Wickham

shiny by Joe Cheng