Introduction to Quarto: Exercises

Description

This repository is part of the Introduction to Quarto course and is dedicated to providing a collection of exercises designed to help students master the use of Quarto documents. Quarto is a powerful tool for creating dynamic documents, presentations, and reports that integrate code, visualizations, and narrative in a single seamless format.

Overview

This repository contains various exercises and examples that will guide students through the fundamental concepts and features of Quarto. Each exercise is structured to build upon concepts covered in the Introduction to Quarto course, ultimately leading to a comprehensive understanding of how to effectively utilize Quarto.

Getting started

1. From FWS Apps-To-Go, install:

• R 4.4.2
• RStudio 2024.09.1

2. Open a new RStudio session.
3. Download the exercise materials. This function creates a new RStudio project called "intro-to-quarto-exercises-main".

if (!require("usethis")) install.packages("usethis")
usethis::use_course("https://github.com/USFWS/intro-to-quarto-exercises/archive/refs/heads/main.zip")

4. Open this new RStudio project, if it's not already open.
5. Install the R package dependencies:

source("install_packages.R")

Audience

FWS staff with experience using R who are curious to learn how to author Quarto documents.

Instructors

Jacob Cochran, Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
McCrea Cobb, Refuge Inventory and Monitoring Program, Alaska
Jason Ross, Fish and Aquatic Conservation Program
Emma Schillerstrom, Refuge Inventory and Monitoring Program, Alaska
Jonah Withers, Fisheries and Ecological Services, Alaska

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