jmvtools::install() also downloads all your packages
dependencies (listed in DESCRIPTION), and bundles them into
your module. This ensures that the module has everything it needs, and
also that a module will always use predictable dependency versions. This
results in larger module file sizes, but arguably is a small price to
pay for reproducibility given how inexpensive disk space is.
We recommend you minimise import statements in your
NAMESPACE file. These can lead to substantial delays when
your package is loading, as all listed imports in the
NAMESPACE file are loaded whether they are required or
not.
Instead, access functions with their full namespace, i.e.:
stats::t.test(...)With this approach, dependencies are only loaded when they are required. This improves start-up time (the delay between a user selecting one of your analyses, and results appearing for the first time), and can lead to a significant reduction in the amount of RAM your module uses.