targets
Data science can be slow. A single round of statistical computation can take several minutes, hours, or even days to complete. The targets
R package keeps results up to date and reproducible while minimizing the number of expensive tasks that actually run. targets
arranges the steps of your pipeline, skips costly runtime for steps that are already up to date, runs the rest with optional implicit parallel computing, abstracts files as R objects, and shows tangible evidence that the output matches the underlying code and data. In other words, the package saves time while increasing your ability to trust the results. This hands-on workshop teaches targets using a realistic case study from , to an 2018 RStudio AI Blog post by Matt Dancho: https://blogs.rstudio.com/ai/posts/2018-01-11-keras-customer-churn. Participants gradually build up a targets
-powered machine learning pipeline through guided hands-on R programming exercises.
Post an issue to https://github.com/wlandau/targets-tutorial to ask for help. Be sure to follow the code of conduct.
Topic | Materials
---|---
Intro | slides
Functions | 1-functions.Rmd
Pipelines | 2-pipelines.Rmd
Changes | 3-changes.Rmd
Debugging | 4-debugging.Rmd
Files | 5-files.Rmd
Branching | 6-branching.Rmd
Challenge | 7-challenge.Rmd
This schedule budgets time for a 4-hour iteration of the workshop (8 AM to noon).
| Topic | Format | Breakout rooms | Minutes | Start | End | Materials |
|------------------------------|------------|----------------|---------|-------|-------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Intro presentation | lecture | no | 20 | 8:00 | 8:20 | slides |
| Q&A | discussion | no | 10 | 8:20 | 8:30 | slides |
| Functions for the case study | exercises | yes | 15 | 8:30 | 8:45 | 1-functions.Rmd
|
| Review functions | lecture | no | 5 | 8:45 | 8:50 | 1-functions.Rmd
|
| Break | break | no | 10 | 8:50 | 9:00 | |
| Build up a pipeline | exercises | yes | 20 | 9:00 | 9:20 | 2-pipelines.Rmd
|
| Review building up a pipeline | lecture | no | 5 | 9:20 | 9:25 | 2-pipelines.Rmd
|
| Iterate on changes | exercises | yes | 20 | 9:25 | 9:45 | 3-changes.Rmd
|
| Review iterating on changes | lecture | no | 5 | 9:45 | 9:50 | 3-changes.Rmd
|
| Break | break | no | 10 | 9:50 | 10:00 | |
| Debugging pipelines | exercises | yes | 20 | 10:25 | 10:45 | 4-debugging.Rmd
|
| Review debugging pipelines | lecture | no | 5 | 10:45 | 10:50 | 4-debugging.Rmd
|
| Break | break | no | 10 | 10:50 | 11:00 | |
| External files | exercises | yes | 20 | 10:00 | 10:20 | 5-files.Rmd
|
| Review external files | lecture | no | 5 | 10:20 | 10:25 | 5-files.Rmd
|
| Dynamic branching | exercises | yes | 20 | 11:00 | 11:20 | 6-branching.Rmd
|
| Review dynamic branching | lecture | no | 5 | 11:20 | 11:25 | 6-branching.Rmd
|
| Challenge exercise | exercises | yes | 20 | 11:25 | 11:45 | 7-challenge.Rmd
|
| Review challenge exercise | lecture | no | 5 | 11:45 | 11:50 | 7-challenge.Rmd
|
| Q&A | discussion | no | 10 | 11:50 | 12:00 | |
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