NEWS.md

In swirlify: A Toolbox for Writing 'swirl' Courses

swirlify 0.5.3

• Fixed encoding test which was failing on CRAN (debian-clang-devel).

swirlify 0.5.2

• Fixed failing tests by integrating new features in testthat 2.0.

swirlify 0.5.1

• Fixed issue where Ace editor was not working on Windows.

• Added make_pathname().

• Added swirl_courses_dir().

swirlify 0.5.0

• Removed lp().

• Deprecated testit(). testit() will be removed in swirlify 0.6.

• Added demo_lesson() which replaces testit().

• Added google_form_decode() to help course authors evaluate their students' progress in a swirl couse.

• Added swirlify() which starts a Shiny app for authoring swirl lessons.

swirlify 0.4

• Removed swirlify_help().

• Changed demo_lesson() to testit(), although it will be changed back before swirlify 0.5. This was done because of compatibility issues with swirl.

• Added lp() for quickly finding the file path to the current lesson.yaml.

swirlify 0.3.3

• test_lesson() and test_course() now check for proper lesson formatting.

• Added tests for packing and unpacking a lesson.

swirlify 0.3.2

• Added add_license() for easy course licensing.

• Changed count_units() to count_questions().

• Changed test_lesson() to demo_lesson().

swirlify 0.3.1

• Removed shiny authoring tool. Development of this tool will continue as a separate project.

• Added pack_course() and unpack_course() to help with sharing courses in the .swc file format.

• Changed the API for all of the question writing functions which now start with the prefix wq_. This is meant to be used with tab-completion to make writing lessons easier.

• Changed swirl2html() to lesson_to_html().

• Changed hlp() to swirlify_help().

swirlify 0.3.0.99

• Fix typo in swirl2html() documentation.

swirlify 0.3

• Deprecate author_lesson(), which is the old R Markdown approach. We me eventually introduce a more efficient R Markdown style that is neatly integrated with the current YAML approach.

• Change new_yaml() to new_lesson() with notice to user.

swirlify 0.2.3

• Normalize file paths using normalizePath() in case user specifies a relative path to a lesson, then changes their working directory.

• Allow user to specify path to YAML lesson as an argument to set_lesson().

• Update hlp() menu.

swirlify 0.2.2

• Add check to testit() to make sure that the lesson being tested is listed in the course MANIFEST, if one exists in the course directory.

• Add commented out AUTO_DETECT_NEWVAR <- FALSE to customTests.R template created by new_yaml(). Setting this variable equal to FALSE can prevent double evaluation of printing and plotting commands.

• Update hlp() output to include count_units() and testit(from, to).

swirlify 0.2.1

• Add swirl2html() to convert swirl lessons formatted in YAML to R markdown (Rmd) and html files. The output is a stylized webpage that acts as a standalone tutorial based on the original swirl lesson.

swirlify 0.2

• Add a more bare bones YAML authoring toolset initiated by new_yaml(). hlp() gives a list of related functions. We plan to integrate this new approach more closely with existing swirlify functions, but it functions well as is.

swirlify documentation built on May 28, 2019, 9:02 a.m.