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upstartr

Upstartr is a companion package to The Globe and Mail’s data journalism template, startr. It contains a series of functions meant to be consumed by the template project, plus additional helpful functions for day-to-day data journalism.

Installation

install.packages('upstartr')

Or, if you want to run a development version, you can install it from GitHub by doing:

devtools::install_github('globeandmail/upstartr')
library(upstartr)

Reference

You can find the full reference manual for upstartr’s functions here.

Credits

Spark plug illustration by Murat Yükselir.

Get in touch

If you’ve got any questions, feel free to send us an email, or give us a shout on Twitter:

Tom Cardoso
[@tom_cardoso](https://twitter.com/tom_cardoso)

These binaries (installable software) and packages are in development.
They may not be fully stable and should be used with caution. We make no claims about them.