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Data management issues The ‘Word Processing’ software is a legacy item of software, but it is still perceived as the foundation of legal software tools. It’s the engine for pumping out correspondence and legal documents. Software vendors still base their Read More
This note explains why I think that management of the specific content in legal documents is going to pave the way for the next big shift in legal tools, for both lawyers and customers/clients. It requires acknowledging that Word Processors Read More
Update: ggplot in python is not regularly being maintained, so best to work with the R version in RStudio. SUMMARY – ggplot (python) within conda This is a guide to setting up the ggplot package for use with python in Read More
A recent news report [1] highlighted the potential for conflict and administration work in NSW indigenous land areas. The work required is to determine the extent of overlap between native title claims and historical dispossession in NSW indigenous land areas, Read More
In R, data importing can be done in several ways, including using the ‘readr’ function. R Studio provides an interface for these common functions. You can import as text (readr). R Studio will then allow you to preview the data, Read More
The basic features of R are incredibly useful for someone coming from a non-R background, but experienced R users have sought faster and more effective data manipulation and improved plotting abilities, as well as multimedia options. Hadley Wickham’s contribution to Read More
One alternative to R’s native data frames is the data.table package first released to CRAN in 2006. data table extends base R’s data.frame. data.table was authored principally by Arun Srinivasan and Matt Dowle. One of the central features of the Read More
Due to the influence of R on python, some of the terminology is similar and could become confusing, but this is avoided by understanding that many of the concepts originated with R and have since been incrementally picked up in Read More
Live Coding is a topic raised when software developers talk about the tools they like to use, or might like to use in the future. The main idea behind live coding is to allow a software developer to illustrate Read More
Yihui Xie is a creative software engineer who works at RStudio. His R packages are innovative and useful. 1. shiny. Shiny enables you to build interactive web applications straight from R. 2. knitR and animation. Yihui Xie created a literate Read More