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  • Issue 2023-W45 Highlights

    From the "is there anything R cannot do" department comes QR code scanning, a tidy time series analysis on a major problem in the roads of Pittsburgh, and rolling up your sleeves with custom ggplot2 tricks to enhance a spatial visualization.

    Episode Links

    • This week's curator: Colin Fay - [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (Twitter)
    • Scanning QR codes in R
    • Forecasting Pittsburgh Potholes with {fable}
    • Adding context to maps made with ggplot2
    • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W45
    • Supplement Resources

      • Tidy tools for for time series https://tidyverts.org
      • Forecasting: Principles and Practices 3rd Edition https://otexts.com/fpp3/
      • Supporting the show

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        • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
        • 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)
          • Music credits powered by OCRemix

            • Plastik Skies - Daytona USA - Palpable & Diodes - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03726
            • Waka Waka - Okami - jnWake, AarekMG, Brandon Harnish, DeLuxDolemite, Ivan Hakštok, JohnStacy - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04486
            • 44 min
            • Issue 2023-W44 Highlights

              A collection of post-workshop answers for the R/Pharma introduction to tidymodels workshop, the Shiny UI Editor takes a huge step out of the alpha stage, and a unique approach to Shiny modules with the new component package.

              Episode Links

              • This week's curator: Eric Nantz - @theRcast (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
              • Answering some {tidymodels} questions
              • ShinyUIEditor: Out of alpha
              • {component} - Creating components for Shiny inspired by Vue
              • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W44
              • Supplement Resources

                • Introduction to machine learning with tidymodels https://nrennie.github.io/r-pharma-2023-tidymodels
                • Support nav_panel within apps using the page_navbar template https://github.com/rstudio/shinyuieditor/issues/190
                • Shiny Developer Series Episode 26 - Peeling Back the Curtain of the Movie Vue-R Part 1 https://shinydevseries.com/interview/ep026/
                • Supporting the show

                  • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                  • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                  • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                  • 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)
                    • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                      • Holiday with Mia Fey - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - OceansAndrew - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01870
                      • Neighburgers - Zombies Ate My Neighbors - Protricity - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01202
                      • 45 min
                      • Issue 2023-W42 Highlights

                        Another collection of package testing workflow nuggets you can make great use of today, the definitive guide to effective use of logging in Shiny applications from the recent Shiny in Production conference, and a cautionary tale of the potential impact of default function arguments in your downstream analytical pipelines.

                        Episode Links

                        • This week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @TonyElHabr (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
                        • Two recent enhancements to my testing workflow
                        • Shiny In Production 2023: Effective Logging in Shiny
                        • Note to self: be aware of functions with default arguments
                        • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W42
                        • Supplement Resources

                          • testthat 3.2.0 https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2023/10/testthat-3-2-0/
                          • lazytest - Runs only failed tests https://github.com/cynkra/lazytest
                          • Effective logging in Shiny GH repository https://github.com/tanho63/talk_shinyprod2023_logging
                          • shinymetrics https://shinymetrics.com
                          • Shiny In Production 2023: Anatomy of a Shiny app
                          • Shiny in Production 2023: Dynamic annotations: 10 tips for better text
                          • Supporting the show

                            • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                            • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                            • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                            • 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)
                              • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                                • Of Whips and Strings - Castlevania - Super Guitar Bros. - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02480
                                • The Flood Plain - F-Zero - JigginJonT - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01494
                                • 51 min
                                • Issue 2023-W41 Highlights

                                  How the {potools} package jump-starts your R package translations, the most-upvoted feature request lands in the RStudio IDE with GitHub Copilot integration, and a reflective post on the multiple paths to reproducible data science workflows in R.

                                  Episode Links

                                  • This week's curator: Jon Calder (@jonmcalder) (Twitter)
                                  • How to translate your package's messages with {potools}
                                  • GitHub Copilot in Rstudio, it's finally here!
                                  • An overview of what's out there for reproducibility with R
                                  • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W41
                                  • Supplement Resources

                                    • potools - Tools for Portability and Internationalization of R packages https://michaelchirico.github.io/potools/
                                    • GitHub Copilot in RStudio, it’s finally here! https://colorado.posit.co/rsc/rstudio-copilot/
                                    • GitHub Copilot RStudio User Guide: https://docs.posit.co/ide/user/ide/guide/tools/copilot.html
                                    • Rami Krispin's GitHub repo on devcontainers w/ R in VSCode: https://github.com/RamiKrispin/vscode-r
                                    • R/Pharma virtual conference registration: https://hopin.com/events/r-pharma-2023/registration
                                    • R/Pharma 2023 workshops (please register for conference before your register for a workshop): https://rinpharma.com/workshop/2023conference/
                                    • Supporting the show

                                      • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                      • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                      • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                      • 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)
                                        • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                                          • Person, Place, or Groove? - Pictionary - The Orichalcon - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01548
                                          • Forest Through the Trees - Final Fantasy Mystic Quest - Shea's Violin - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04484
                                          • 54 min
                                          • Issue 2023-W40 Highlights

                                            A new contender for speedy fuzzy joins of data frames enough to make Sonic jealous, a novel use of ggplot2 for creating a map that could have come from a vintage typewriter, and the immense progress of detecting R package system dependencies.

                                            Episode Links

                                            • This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo) (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
                                            • {zoomerjoin} 0.1.0: Superlatively-fast fuzzy-joins in R.
                                            • Creating typewriter-styled maps in ggplot2
                                            • System Dependencies in R Packages & Automatic Testing
                                            • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W40
                                            • Supplement Resources

                                              • Locality-sensitive hashing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locality-sensitive_hashing
                                              • Value 4 Value podcast by Kyrin Down https://blubrry.com/1475054/
                                              • Supporting the show

                                                • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                                • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                                • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                                • 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)
                                                  • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                                                    • Jazzer Soul - Soul Blade - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00194
                                                    • Super Buck II - Super Mario Brothers 2 - Estradasphere - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00577
                                                    • 43 min
                                                    • Issue 2023-W39 Highlights

                                                      Reflections on the amazing posit::conf(2023), a new framework that'll have you snap into HTML slides, the Nix reproducible data science train powers forward into CI/CD territory, and leveraging parallel processing in spatial data prediction.

                                                      Episode Links

                                                      • This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batool664 (Twitter)
                                                      • Reflections on posit conf(2023)
                                                      • Snap Slides: a Lightweight HTML Presentation Framework
                                                      • Parallel raster processing in stars
                                                      • Reproducible data science with Nix, part 6 -- CI/CD has never been easier
                                                      • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W39
                                                      • Supplement Resources

                                                        • Shiny in Production Tools & Techniques https://posit-conf-2023.github.io/shiny-r-prod/
                                                        • Jill McKay's posit conf presentation https://jillymackay.github.io/positconf2023_vetdata/positconf2023.html#/title-slide
                                                        • Scroll snap technique https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Scroll_Snap/Basic_concepts
                                                        • Data science at the command line https://datascienceatthecommandline.com/
                                                        • Spatial data science with applications in R https://r-spatial.org/book/
                                                        • geoparquet https://geoparquet.org/
                                                        • Supporting the show

                                                          • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                                          • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                                          • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                                          • 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)
                                                            • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                                                              • Azure Your Cause (The Color of the Summer Sky) - Secret of Mana Resonance of the Pure Land - Rexy - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR03650
                                                              • Secrets Abound (Matoya's Cave) - FInal Fantast Random Encounter - Midgarian Sky - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452
                                                              • Thunder Beam (Elec Man Stage) - Mega Man Series The Robot Museum - Joshua Morse - https://museum.ocremix.org/
                                                              • 40 min
                                                              • Issue 2023-W37 Highlights

                                                                Another adventure with incorporating R packages into a WebR application, annotating your fancy equations in a Quarto PDF document, and unleasing a Bayesian model on UFO sightings data.

                                                                Episode Links

                                                                • This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @carroll_jono (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
                                                                • Preloading your R packages in webR in an Express JS API
                                                                • A guide to annotating equations in quarto documents
                                                                • Using Stan to analyse global UFO sighting reports
                                                                • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W37
                                                                • Supplement Resources

                                                                  • WebR binary R package repository - https://repo.r-wasm.org/
                                                                  • How do I preload the R packages in a node app - https://github.com/r-wasm/webr/issues/260
                                                                  • Minutes from 2023-08-18 Pilot 4 R-Consortium R-Submissions working group meeting (sending a Shiny application built with containers and webR to FDA) - https://rconsortium.github.io/submissions-pilot4/minutes/2023-08-18/
                                                                  • ggannotate - Interactively annotate your ggplots https://github.com/MattCowgill/ggannotate
                                                                  • UFO sightings around the world - https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/tree/master/data/2019/2019-06-25
                                                                  • Supporting the show

                                                                    • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                                                    • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                                                    • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                                                    • 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)
                                                                      • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                                                                        • Kraid’s Campfire Ballad - Harmony of a Hunter - Sebastian Mårtensson feat. Kristin Björkebäck - https://harmony.shinesparkers.net/album/harmony-of-a-hunter
                                                                        • Cool Burn - Mega Man 9 Back in Blue - DarkeSword - https://backinblue.ocremix.org/music.php
                                                                        • 38 min
                                                                        • Issue 2023-W36 Highlights

                                                                          A batch of R functions to level-up your development tasks, revisting a classic R inferno on object allocation, and a call for proposals to take R's infrastructure to new heights.

                                                                          Episode Links

                                                                          • This week's curator: Colin Fay - @_ColinFay (Twitter)
                                                                          • Three (four?) R functions I enjoyed this week
                                                                          • Pre-allocating vectors is for nerds
                                                                          • Grants For R Language Infrastructure Projects Available Now!
                                                                          • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W36
                                                                          • Supplement Resources

                                                                            • June Choe's comment on Mike Mahoney's post https://fosstodon.org/@yjunechoe/110975018204561319
                                                                            • 10 years of rio
                                                                            • Shiny for R updates: tooltips, popovers, a new theme, and more
                                                                            • Supporting the show

                                                                              • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                                                              • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                                                              • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                                                              • 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)
                                                                                • Music credits powered by OCRemix

                                                                                  • Escape Route - Cave Story - Corran - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01513
                                                                                  • A Flea and His Giant - Maverick Rising - Chuck Dietz - https://maverick.ocremix.org
                                                                                  • 39 min
                                                                                  • Issue 2023-W35 Highlights

                                                                                    The next generation of object-oriented programming in R arrives on CRAN, a novel use of R to automate R scripts and documents for Tidy Tuesday analyses, and a terrific presentation de-mystifying the world of web APIs in R.

                                                                                    Episode Links

                                                                                    • This week's curator: Eric Nantz - @theRcast (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
                                                                                    • {S7} 0.1.0: An Object Oriented System Meant to Become a Successor to S3 and S4
                                                                                    • Creating template files with R
                                                                                    • A Gradual Introduction to Web APIs and JSON
                                                                                    • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W35
                                                                                    • Supplement Resources

                                                                                      • S7 - A new object-oriented system in R https://rconsortium.github.io/S7/
                                                                                      • Name of the game (issue 262): https://github.com/RConsortium/OOP-WG/issues/262
                                                                                      • TidyX Episode 109 - R Classes and Objects - Making an S3 Object Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9PGOx9Oqjo
                                                                                      • Mike's boston R user group talk
                                                                                      • Standard Notes (End-to-End Encrypted Notes App) https://standardnotes.com/
                                                                                      • HedgeDoc https://hedgedoc.org/
                                                                                      • fs - Provide cross platform file operations based on libuv https://fs.r-lib.org/
                                                                                      • Room by Room Temperature Tracking (Jared Lander) https://www.jaredlander.com/2021/02/room-by-room-temperature-tracking/
                                                                                      • Ted Laderas - A gRadual introduction to Web APIs and JSON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA7KfdEsdpo
                                                                                      • Open Call for rOpenSci Champions Program 2023 Applications (deadline September 4th, 2023) https://ropensci.org/champions/
                                                                                      • Supporting the show

                                                                                        • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                                                                        • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                                                                        • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                                                                        • 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)
                                                                                          • Music Credits powered by OverClocked Remix

                                                                                            • Fiesta Amongst the Trees - Ristar - Southwestern College Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02125
                                                                                            • Suco de Melancia - Final Fantasy 7 Voices of the Lifestream - Red Tailed Fox - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01671
                                                                                            • 40 min
                                                                                            • Issue 2023-W34 Highlights

                                                                                              A few key practices for data preprocessing leveraging the tidyverse, more amazing wins with open source to process high-dimensional USDA geospatial data sets, and an infinitely fascinating look at how recursion and infinite data structures can be used in your R adventures.

                                                                                              Episode Links

                                                                                              • This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @carroll_jono (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
                                                                                              • Best Practices for Data Cleaning and Preprocessing
                                                                                              • Analyzing new USDA data using open source tools
                                                                                              • Taking from Infinite Sequences+ Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-WXX
                                                                                              • Supplement Resources

                                                                                                • janitor package by Sam Firke https://sfirke.github.io/janitor
                                                                                                • CRAN task view on missing data https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/MissingData.html
                                                                                                • Tidy modeling with R https://www.tmwr.org/
                                                                                                • Supporting the show

                                                                                                  • Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback
                                                                                                  • R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.
                                                                                                  • A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info
                                                                                                  • 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)
                                                                                                    • 43 min

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