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R Weekly Highlights
By Eric NantzScience
R Weekly Highlights episodes
- Issue 2023-W21 Highlights
A must-have resource to get you primed for testing R packages interfacing with the web, how ggblend taps into new compositing functionality for clearer plots, and how R stacks up with Excel in handling dates.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq - @batool664 (Twitter)
- Better Understanding Your Tools Choices with Online Book HTTP Testing in R
- ggblend: Blending and compositing algebra for ggplot2
- Why should I use R: Handling Dates in R and Excel: Part 3
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W21
Supplement Resources
- HTTP Testing with R: https://books.ropensci.org/http-testing/index.html
- Updating Graphics Devices for R 4.2.0: https://blog.r-project.org/2021/12/14/updating-graphics-devices-for-r-4.2.0/
- ggdist Visualizations of distribution and uncertainty: https://mjskay.github.io/ggdist/
- Learning Bayesian Statistics Episode 66 - Uncertainty Visualization & Usable Stats, with Matthew Kay https://learnbayesstats.com/episode/66-uncertainty-visualization-usable-stats-matthew-kay
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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)
40 min - Issue 2023-W20 Highlights
Introducing the new ggflowchart package, how a dockerized development environment is another win for reproducibility, and our take on Colin Fay's keynote from the Appsilon Shiny Conference.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam_ (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- Introducing {ggflowchart}
- Why you should consider working on a dockerized development environment
- Colin Fay, Keynote: Production is like ultra running: brutal, ungrateful, but worth every step
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W20
Supplement Resources
- Episode 82 (the origins of ggflowchart) https://rweekly.fireside.fm/82
- Building reproducible analytical pipelines with R https://raps-with-r.dev
- The Rocker Project https://rocker-project.org
- Shiny Dev Series Livestream: Fully containerized R dev environment with Docker, RStudio, and VS-Code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wRiPG9LM3o
- Development Container Features https://code.visualstudio.com/blogs/2022/09/15/dev-container-features
- r2u: CRAN as Ubuntu binaries https://eddelbuettel.github.io/r2u/
- A preview of Eric and Mike's Production Shiny Workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlRwhDYI5Ec
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- Eric Nantz: @theRcast (Twitter) and @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- Mike Thomas: @mike_ketchbrook (Twitter) and @[email protected] (Mastodon)
42 min - Issue 2023-W18 Highlights
Why effective code reviews can bring many benefits to data science teams, the origin story of the sketch package to transpile R code to JavaScript, and a primer on error handling in both R and Python.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Colin Fay - @_ColinFay (Twitter)
- Pull Requests, Code Review, and The Art of Requesting Changes
- Sketch Package looks to add JavaScript to R packages
- Error Handling in R and Python
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W18
Supplement Resources
- What they forgot to teach you about R https://rstats.wtf
- Sketch - Interactive sketches in R https://github.com/kcf-jackson/sketch
- {purrr} safely https://purrr.tidyverse.org/reference/safely.html
- quickemu - Quickly create and run optimised Windows, macOS and Linux desktop virtual machines https://github.com/quickemu-project/quickemu
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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)
40 min - Issue 2023-W17 Highlights
A few strict checks offered in R 4.3.0, measuring and writing performant code in the Tidyverse, and a please for indenting your code with (more) spaces.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Eric Nantz - @theRcast (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- What's new in R 4.3.0?
- Writing performant code with tidy tools
- On Indentation in R
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W17
Supplement Resources
- Changes in R 4.3.0: https://stat.ethz.ch/R-manual/R-devel/doc/html/NEWS.html
- A Question A Day Twitter account https://twitter.com/data_question
- Advanced R- Measure Performance https://adv-r.hadley.nz/perf-measure.html
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)
43 min - Issue 2023-W16 Highlights
Using development containers to bootstrap a reproducible R and Quarto environment, a comprehensive approach to extending the data frame class, and plotting your own universe of labels with ggsolar.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @carroll_jono (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- Dev containers with R and Quarto
- Extending Data Frames
- Make “Solar System” Plots With {ggsolar}
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W16
Supplement Resources
- R in Visual Studio Code: https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/languages/r
- Remote Development Extension Pack https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=ms-vscode-remote.vscode-remote-extensionpack
- Podman - Configure VS Code for Containers https://blog.while-true-do.io/podman-configure-vscode-for-containers/
- From disconnected elements to a harmonious ecosystem: The Epiverse-TRACE project https://epiverse-trace.github.io/slides/harmonious-ecosystem/
- ExtendDataFrames https://github.com/joshwlambert/ExtendDataFrames
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)
43 min - Issue 2023-W15 Highlights
A data-driven look at package loading annotations in R scripts, a fit-for-purpose package that makes a large contribution to the global R ecosystem, and a collection of amazing showcases of webR in action that is paving the way for continued innovation.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @TonyElHabr (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- What are people commenting about their loaded packages?
- Introducing rtlr - an R Package for RTL Languages
- hrbrmstr's WebR Experiments Index
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W15
Supplement Resources
- annotater: Annotate Package Load Calls https://github.com/luisDVA/annotater
- cld3: R wrapper to Google's Compact Language Detector 3 https://docs.ropensci.org/cld3/
- shiny.i18n: Shiny applications internationalization made easy https://appsilon.github.io/shiny.i18n/
- JavaScript for R https://book.javascript-for-r.com/
- Outstanding User Interfaces with Shiny https://unleash-shiny.rinterface.com/
- JavaScript for Data Science https://www.amazon.com/JavaScript-Data-Science-Chapman-Hall-ebook/dp/B084H2JXSY
- A Way Better Structured WebR Demo App https://rud.is/b/2023/03/12/almost-bare-bones-webr-starter-app/
- An example of using WebR with Lit components https://rud.is/w/lit-webr/
- WebR & Pyodide: Another WebR Experiment https://rud.is/w/webr-pyodide/
- An R template/tag function for WebR https://rud.is/w/r-template-tag-function/
- Monaco-powered WebR "REPL" https://rud.is/w/repl
- https://observablehq.com/@hrbrmstr/fiddling-with-r-universe-webr
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)
48 min - Issue 2023-W14 Highlights
Ten unique ways to create your own Web APIs in R, and how you can import local and remote data files in CSV and (yes) Excel formats with a selection of innovative R packages.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Jon Calder (@jonmcalder) (Twitter)
- Hello world examples with 10 different R web API frameworks
- Reading Remote Data Files
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W14
Supplement Resources
- Seeking community endorsement for an upgrade to 'Big Book of R'
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)
29 min - Issue 2023-W13 Highlights
A new perspective on the value of base R functions, enhancing the capabilities of gpttools with vector databases, and three ways you can add alt text to your R-based visualizations.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- Some love for Base R. Part 1
- Teaching ChatGPT What It Doesn’t Know
- Alt Text in R: Plots, Reports, and Shiny
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W13
Supplement Resources
- A Gentle Introduction to Vector Databases https://frankzliu.com/blog/a-gentle-introduction-to-vector-databases
- Text Mining with R - A Tidy Approach https://www.tidytextmining.com
- Writing Meaningful Alt Texts for Data Visualizations in R (Liz Hare) R Ladies NYC https://lizharedogs.github.io/RLadiesNYAltText
- {ggdatasaver} Automatically save data associated with a ggplot2 plot https://eliocamp.github.io/ggdatasaver
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)
35 min - Issue 2023-W11 Highlights
The future of running R in your web browser is here with webR 0.1, a demonstration of integrating Quarto and webR with immense potential in the space of reproducible analysis, and two fundamental techniques from the world of software development tailored to non-programmers.
Episode Links
- This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam_ (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
- webR 0.1.0 has been released
- webR with Quarto HTML Standalone Document Proof of Concept
- Software engineering techniques that non-programmers who write a lot of code can benefit from — the DRY WIT approach
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W11
Supplement Resources
- Almost Bare Bones WebR Starter App: https://rud.is/b/2023/03/12/almost-bare-bones-webr-starter-app/
- webR Dashboard: https://rud.is/webr-dash/no-dplyr.html
- webR Quarto demos: https://github.com/coatless-r-n-d/webR-quarto-demos
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)
37 min - Issue 2023-W10 Highlights
A episode full of discovery in this week's edition of R-Weekly Highlights! How you can parse your own R code with parse and getParseData, a closer look at the search capabilities in R-Universe, and a look back at the key milestones in the history of the R language.
Episode Links
- This week's curators: Kellly Bodwin - @KellyBodwin (Twitter) and Emily Robinson - @robinson_es (Twitter)
- "I can't be parsed, mate!" Parsing in R
- Search for packages in r-universe
- Happy 23rd birthday, R!
- Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W10
Supplement Resources
- Advanced R chapter 17 (Metaprogramming the big picture): https://adv-r.hadley.nz/meta-big-picture.html
- Algorithm behind package rank calculation in R-Universe: https://github.com/r-universe-org/help#how-is-the-package-rank-score-calculated
- Jeroen's RStudio Global 2021 presentation (Monitoring Health and Impact of Open-source Projects) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaoe7xuIJ1U
- Building reproducible analytical pipelines with R https://raps-with-r.dev
- 3 Years In: Reflections on Starting, Surviving, and Scaling a Data Science Consultancy https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/3-years-reflections-starting-surviving-scaling-data-science-thomas
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)
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