Code Integration Scenarios
R Convenience Functions
Web Services
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The development cycle for preexisting code: The code is Downloaded from Synapse, and Loaded into the R session. The user repeatedly Runs, Edits and reLoads the code. When satisfied, she may Store the code back to Synapse. To help capture provenance, the Load and Store functions put the Code's ID and version into the current Step. For the provenance record to be accurate, the user must Store prior to running.
Discover, retrieve, load and run code
A user, browsing Synapse, sees a piece of code of interest (mentioned in a discussion or used in an analysis), and clicks on it. She sees:
entity.3733 <- downloadEntity(3733)
and begins by executing this in R.
Develop new code, then Store
