R for Programmers

<p>Unlike other books about R written from the perspective of statistics <b>R for Programmers: Mastering the Tools</b> is written from the perspective of programmers providing a channel for programmers with expertise in other programming languages to quickly understand R. The contents are divided into four sections: The first section consists of the basics of R which explains the advantages of using R the installation of different versions of R and the 12 frequently used packages of R. This will help you understand the tool packages time series packages and performance monitoring packages of R quickly.</p><p>The second section discusses the server of R which examines the communication between R and other programming languages and the application of R as servers. This will help you integrate R with other programming languages and implement the server application of R. The third section discusses databases and big data which covers the communication between R and various databases as well as R’s integration with Hadoop. This will help you integrate R with the underlying level of other databases and implement the processing of big data by R based on Hadoop.</p><p>The fourth section comprises the appendices which introduce the installation of Java various databases and Hadoop. Because this is a reference book there is no special sequence for reading all the chapters. You can choose the chapters in which you have an interest. If you are new to R and you wish to master R comprehensively simply follow the chapters in sequence. </p>