Using the devtools package to work with the latest non-CRAN packages

A source R package contains the plain text source code for an R package, which can be installed and built on the user’s machine. A binary R package, on the other hand, is a pre-built version of an R package that contains pre-compiled code and can be installed and used directly without the need to build the package from the source, and without needing all the tools and programs needed for the compilation progress. When we install packages from CRAN using install.packages(), we are typically getting a pre-compiled binary version of the code.

The devtools R package is a collection of tools that make it easier to develop R packages. It includes functions for creating and installing source packages, building and reloading package documentation, and more. Additionally, it also provides functionality to check packages, build documentation, manage package dependencies, and test package functionality. It allows users...