https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/ Tips and tricks quarto-1.8.27 Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Miriam Beck https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2026-02-19-dags/ graphical representations of the causal assumptions about a system. Nodes represent the variables and arrows represent assumed direct causal effects between variables. A DAG does not encode effect sizes or functional forms (e.g. linear vs. non-linear, quadratic..). It specifies only the assumed causal structure: which variables directly affect which others, and which do not. Importantly, the absence of an arrow is itself an assumption. Of course, additional information (e.g. timing or effect shape) can be added once the basic structure is defined. ]]> causal inference causality DAGs helper tool https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2026-02-19-dags/ Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT Lisa Nicvert https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2026-01-06-occupancy-models-in-r/ r statistics occupancy https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2026-01-06-occupancy-models-in-r/ Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2025-01-28-parallel-computing-in-r/ we use the sequential computing approach where instructions are processed one at a time, with each subsequent instruction waiting for the previous one to complete. It typically uses a single processor, which can result in lower performance and higher processor workload. The primary drawback of sequential computing is that it can be time-consuming, as only one instruction is executed at any given moment. ]]> r parallel-computing spatial optimization https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2025-01-28-parallel-computing-in-r/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-12-17-deploying-a-website-with-github-pages/ GitHub Pages is an option available at the repository level to host and publish HTML pages (single webpage, website, HTML presentation, blog, book, etc.) through GitHub. ]]> website github github-pages publishing https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-12-17-deploying-a-website-with-github-pages/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-11-19-the-apply-function-family/ apply() functions. These functions allows you to recursively apply a function across all elements of a vector, list, matrix, or data.frame. The apply() family is an interesting alternative to the for loop because it wraps the loop into a simple function. ]]> r apply lapply tapply recursive function loop https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-11-19-the-apply-function-family/ Tue, 19 Nov 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-09-24-research-compendium/ research compendium. The goal of a research compendium is to provide a standard and easily recognizable way for organizing the digital materials of a project to enable others to inspect, reproduce, and extend the research (Marwick B et al. 2018). A research compendium follows three general principles: ]]> r compendium project description-file reproducibility documentation https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-09-24-research-compendium/ Tue, 24 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMT Camille Coux https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-06-11-python-tutorial-part-2/ here. ]]> python tutorial function https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-06-11-python-tutorial-part-2/ Tue, 11 Jun 2024 00:00:00 GMT Camille Coux https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-04-02-python-tutorial-part-1/ here. ]]> python tutorial games https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-04-02-python-tutorial-part-1/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-03-26-zsh-an-alternative-to-bash/ windows terminal git-bash zsh https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-03-26-zsh-an-alternative-to-bash/ Tue, 26 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-03-12-storing-secrets-with-the-renviron-file/ packages require an authentication method: ]]> r secret .renviron security https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-03-12-storing-secrets-with-the-renviron-file/ Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-03-11-windows-and-the-home-directory/ r configuration home windows https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-03-11-windows-and-the-home-directory/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-02-27-code-snippets-in-rstudio/ super-completion. The RStudio IDE contains a lot of predefined code snippets. For instance: ]]> editor shortcut rstudio https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-02-27-code-snippets-in-rstudio/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT Nicolas Casajus https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-02-27-rstudio-shortcuts-a-selection/ Alt + Shift + K. ]]> editor shortcut rstudio https://frbcesab.github.io/tips-and-tricks/posts/2024-02-27-rstudio-shortcuts-a-selection/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMT