One of the most important things in software development and data analysis is to manage your dependencies, to make sure that your work can be easily replicated or deployed to the production. In R’s ecosystem, there are plenty of tools and materials on this topic. There’s a short list: https://rstudio.github.io/packrat/ https://ropenscilabs.github.io/r-docker-tutorial/ https://mran.microsoft.com/ https://rviews.rstudio.com/2018/01/18/package-management-for-reproducible-r-code/ https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/ReproducibleResearch.html However, I’m starting to spend a bit more time in the Python world, where I don’t have a lot of experience.