Episode: The S4 class system

[kevinrue]

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Topics

• Illustrate S4 classes, generics, and methods
• Vector (virtual)
• List (virtual)
• DataFrame
• mcols()
• Rle
• Hits
• showMethods() ?

Challenges

• index DataFrame by row and/or columns

Notes

• Do not go too far into technical details of the S4 class system. Focus on functionality and user experience.
• Vector and List are virtual classes and thus cannot be instantiated. Consider carefully how to mention them without going into unnecessary technical details. Again, focus on functionality and user experience.
• I've listed Hits but left them aside for now. It would be good to have a discussion about how much this episode can include before it becomes too much.

[kevinrue]

This episode is mostly done at this point: https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/bioc-project/05-s4/index.html