The intent of this course is to provide an introduction of Quarto for intermediate to advanced R users seeking to develop automated reports. We will present on the basics of Quarto. After an introduction, we will walk through the three primary components of a Quarto file: the YML metdata, text, and code blocks. After describing each component, we offer brief exercises that provide participants with time to explore how these components customize documents. It is our hope that participants will leave with foundational skills required to create a Quarto report.
The learning goals are to:
- Introduce Quarto and it’s applications
- Describe the three components of a Quarto file: QML metadata, text, and code blocks
- Provide opportunities to explore the components of a Quarto file through in-class exercises
FWS staff with experience using R who are curious to learn how to author Quarto documents.
- From FWS Apps-To-Go, install:
- R 4.4.2
- RStudio 2024.09.1
- Open a new RStudio session.
- Download the exercise materials. This function creates a new RStudio project called "intro-to-quarto-exercises-main".
usethis::use_course("https://github.com/USFWS/intro-to-quarto-exercises/archive/refs/heads/main.zip")- Open this new RStudio project, if it's not already open.
- Install the R package dependencies:
source("install_packages.R")| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 15 min | Overview of Quarto |
| 10 min | Exercise 1 |
| 10 min | YAML metadata |
| 10 min | Exercise 2 |
| 10 min | BREAK |
| 15 min | Document body |
| 10 min | Exercise 3 |
| 15 min | Code chunks |
| 10 min | Exercise 4 |
| 10 min | BREAK |
| 15 min | Exercise 5 |
| 5 min | Wrap up |
Jacob Cochran, Lower Great Lakes Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Office
McCrea Cobb, Refuge Inventory and
Monitoring Program, Alaska
Jason Ross, Fish and Aquatic Conservation
Program
Emma Schillerstrom, Refuge Inventory and Monitoring Program, Alaska
Jonah Withers, Fisheries and Ecological
Services, Alaska
