July 19, 2023

Issue 2023-W29 Highlights

46 minutes

The second edition of the highly-regarded R for Data Science arrives with substantial updates, an adventure with "A Programming Language" that brings new perspectives to functional programming approaches, and a new take on reproducibility in data science combining R with the Nix packaging system.

Episode Links

This week's curator: Eric Nantz - @theRcast (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)

R for Data Science, 2nd edition

Array Languages: R vs APL

Reproducible data science with Nix

Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W29

Supplement Resources

R for Data Science 2nd Edition: https://r4ds.hadley.nz/

APL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_(programming_language)

Try APL in a browser: https://tryapl.org/

Jonathan Carroll could be available for your next project! https://fosstodon.org/@jonocarroll/110726981972909319

Linux Unplugged Episode 451 The NixOS Challenge https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/451/

Zero to Nix - An unofficial, opinionated, gentle introduction to Nix https://zero-to-nix.com/

It's not too late to register for Eric and Mike's Shiny in Production workshop at posit::conf(2023)! https://reg.conf.posit.co/flow/posit/positconf23/attendee-portal/page/sessioncatalog?search=shiny&search.sessiontype=1675316728702001wr6r&search.day=20230918

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Get in touch with us on social media

Eric Nantz: @theRcast (Twitter) and @[email protected] (Mastodon)

Mike Thomas: @mike_ketchbrook (Twitter) and @[email protected] (Mastodon)

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