{arcgislayers} testing

Thank you for coming!

Our first R-ArcGIS community event

2 hour testing & code sprint

Agenda:

• 90 mins testing
• 30 remainder questions / discussion

What is {arcgislayers}?

• New R package for interfacing with the ArcGIS REST API
• Part of the R-ArcGIS Bridge, distinct from {arcgisbinding}
• Open source

Today’s goal

• See how to improve new user experience
• Identify critical bugs
• Know where to improve docs

Testing objectives

• Errors, Warnings, Messages
• Documentation
• Additional feedback

Errors, Warnings, Messages

• Unexpected errors
• Confusing error messages
• Something should be an error but isn’t
• Should be a warning but isn’t
• No message where expected?

Documentation

• pkgdown site:
  • function reference:
    • do the argument definitions make sense?
    • are the details specific/clear enough?
    • do the examples work and make sense?
• Guides:
  • clarity, typos, missing detail?

Giving Feedback

• OneNote: R-ArcGIS Bridge Info (Web view)
• On GitHub
  • Packages: arcgislayers & arcgisutils
  • Documentation:

    • Guides: Report an issue button on right sidebar

      

    • pkgdown

Installation

• Ensure remotes is installed

  install.packages("remotes")

• Install the development version of arcgislayers and its dependency arcgisutils

  remotes::install_github("r-arcgis/arcgislayers")

Functionality

• Publishing
• Editing
• Deleting
• Private content

ArcGIS Online

• Use your own ArcGIS Online Account

  OR

• Use a provided testing account

ArcGIS Online Accounts (Web view)

Public Portals:

• Living Atlas
• ArcGIS Hubs
• Data.gov
• Ca.gov
• DHS
• and a lot more….

Questions?

• Ask in the Teams chat
• After the event, reach out to the team by email: [email protected]
• Or make a discussion post on GitHub

Thanks for your time & feedback!