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GerminaR

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Velocity0.0

Indices and Graphics for Assess Seed Germination Process

github.com/flavjack/germinar ↗

Seed germination analysis ships as a package and a Shiny app, and every release serves both.

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◆Current state
GerminaR computes germination indices and graphics for seed germination experiments, and it is really two products released together: the R package and GerminaQuant, the Shiny application built on it. Version 2.1.6 lets data be supplied as either daily counts or cumulative germination, which removes a preprocessing step users previously had to do themselves, and improves timeline selection factors.
◆Where it's heading
The release notes are organised under Package and GerminaQuant headings, which is the clearest statement of how the project sees itself: the app is the audience and the package is the engine. Most of the work has gone into plotting flexibility, with fplot() accumulating layering, colour and label controls across several releases, one of which broke its argument syntax outright. Cadence is slow and irregular, with a three-year gap before the most recent release.
◆Prediction
Given the pattern, the next release is likely another paired package-and-app update tracking ggplot2 or Shiny changes rather than new analytical methods. Nothing in the notes points at new germination indices.

◆Recent moves

  1. 10mo ago

    Accepts daily counts or cumulative germination data

    The most useful change in the feed for anyone entering data: germination can now be supplied as daily counts or as a cumulative series, rather than the package assuming one form. Timeline selection factors improve and the GerminaQuant app is updated alongside, as it is in nearly every release.

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  2. 4y ago

    Logo and site refresh; bracketed columns excluded in app

    Logos and webpage updates, plus a rule excluding bracketed columns from analysis in GerminaQuant. Cosmetic apart from the column filter.

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  3. 5y ago

    Plot control expands: axis breaks, vector colours, significance sizing

    A plotting release on both sides of the project. fplot() gains absolute y-axis breaks, colour by vector, control over significance label font size and border removal, textcolor() is added, and the app picks up multi-layer graphs and optional error bars. It is the middle of the stretch where chart control was the main thing being built.

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  4. 5y ago

    Breaking fplot() syntax change; webTable() added

    The notes open by stating the release is incompatible with older versions because fplot() argument syntax changed. In exchange fplot() accepts additional ggplot2 layers such as coord_flip(), webTable() is added, and the app swaps ggpubr for cowplot while reorganising its modules.

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  5. 5y ago

    pkgdown documentation site and Zenodo record added

    Documentation infrastructure rather than function changes: a pkgdown site, updated vignettes, a Zenodo record, and dependency fixes for the app. Labelled a major change in the notes, but nothing in the analysis changes.

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  6. 5y ago

    GerminaR 1.1

    A contentless tag whose body restates the version number and nothing else. It was also pushed 36 seconds after the 2.0.0 tag despite carrying a lower version, so the ordering in this part of the feed reflects when tags were uploaded, not when the versions were released.

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