R Weekly Highlights

R Weekly Highlights

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R Weekly Highlights episodes

  • Issue 2022-W37 Highlights

    A collection of highlights powered by mathematics, statistics, and a little bit of R magic: Mapping wind data with R, calculating the expected statistic in football, and how the vetiver package fits in an ML-Ops production flow using Docker and Plumber.

    Episode Links

    • This week's curator: Jon Calder (@jonmcalder)
    • Mapping wind data with R
    • Calculating and comparing expected points from different expected goals sources (soccer)
    • Use Docker to deploy a model for #TidyTuesday LEGO sets
    • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W37
    • Supplement Resources

      • Julia Silge's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/JuliaSilge
      • 27 min
      • Issue 2022-W36 Highlights

        Using base R to decrypt an Australian coin's hidden messages, the Palmer Penguins data set achieves another milestone, and visualizing multiple statistcal properties with faded raincloud plots.

        Episode Links

        • This week's curator: Miles McBain (@MilesMcBain)
        • Australian Signals Directorate 50c Coin Decryption
        • Palmer Archipelago Penguins Data in the palmerpenguins R Package - An Alternative to Anderson’s Irises
        • Efficient data visualization with faded raincloud plots
        • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W36
        • Supplement Resources

          • Using distill template with knitr::read_chunk https://twitter.com/apreshill/status/1565752119751237638
          • Manuscript on raincloud plots: https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/4-63/v2
          • {gghalves}: https://erocoar.github.io/gghalves/
          • {ggp0}: https://docs.r4photobiology.info/ggpp/
          • 30 min
          • Issue 2022-W35 Highlights

            Using hierarchical forecasting to explore subway fare recovery, and how you can learn more about {gtsummary} to create your next publication-quality table within R.

            Episode Links

            • This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq (@batool664)
            • Exploring Types of Subway Fares with Hierarchical Forecasting
            • Clinical Reporting with {gtsummary} by Daniel D. Sjoberg
            • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W35
            • Supplement Resources

              • R-Podcast Episode 27: Get the {gt} Tables! https://r-podcast.org/027-rstudioconf-tables
              • 26 min
              • Issue 2022-W34 Highlights

                The rstudio::conf(2022) presentation recordings are now available for viewing, and we learn about the unique development journey of the new CRAN release of the countdown package.

                Episode Links

                • This week's curator: Sam Parmar (@parsam_)
                • Talk recordings and workshop materials from rstudio::conf(2022)
                • The Past and Future of Shiny - Joe Cheng - rstudio::conf(2022)
                • countdown v0.4.0 - Now on CRAN!
                • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W34
                • 36 min
                • Issue 2022-W33 Highlights

                  Avoid repeating yourself by using dplyr's across function, going inside the process of creating a custom theme in ggplot2, and a few keyboard-centric tricks to manage your RStudio pane viewing.

                  Episode Links

                  • This week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara (@R_by_Ryo)
                  • Using across() to create multiple columns
                  • Pretty ggplots with custom themes, ggtext, and ggh4x
                  • Window and Pane Management Tricks for RStudio and your OS
                  • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W33
                  • Supplement Resources

                    • {ggh4x}: https://teunbrand.github.io/ggh4x/index.html
                    • 36 min
                    • Issue 2022-W32 Highlights

                      A wealth of R content from the UseR! 2022 conference is now available, focusing on accessibility in the diffify tool, and a great recap of rstudio::conf(2022) from TidyX.

                      Episode Links

                      • This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq (@batool664)
                      • useR2022 recordings are now on the conference YouTube channel
                      • Theming diffify for accessibility: Part 2
                      • RStudio::Conf 2022 Recap
                      • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W32
                      • Supplement Resources

                        • UseR! 2022 Program: https://user2022.r-project.org/program/overview/
                        • Fundamentals of Data Visualization: https://clauswilke.com/dataviz
                        • 25 min
                        • Issue 2022-W31 Highlights

                          RStudio re-brands as Posit, the shinytest2 package continues to make waves in the Shiny community, and more Quarto tips to boost your workflow.

                          Episode Links

                          • This week's curator: Kelly Bodwin (@KellyBodwin)
                          • RStudio rebrands as Posit
                          • {shinytest2}: For testing Shiny apps. (slides)
                          • One Quarto tip a day
                          • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W31
                          • Supplement Resources

                            • JJ Allaire and Jeremy Howard 2-way AMA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxVVSxcjNQs
                            • Tom Mock's Welcome to Quarto online event (August 9, 2023): https://www.addevent.com/event/Eh13574863
                            • 31 min
                            • Issue 2022-W28 Highlights

                              Another great use case for Docker containers with interactive R-Markdown reports, a recap of RStudio's presence at the Appsilon Shiny conference, and building an interactive point-and-click game with Shiny.

                              Episode Links

                              • This week's curator: Jonathan Carroll (@carroll_jono)
                              • Containerizing Interactive R Markdown Documents
                              • RStudio Recap From the Appsilon Shiny Conference
                              • How to build an interactive point-and-click game with {Shiny}
                              • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W28
                              • Supplement Resources

                                • Appsilon Shiny Conference playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLexAKolMzPcrYjGA1PULfm7-P12qjKmPb
                                • R Workflow by Frank Harrell: http://hbiostat.org/rflow/
                                • Albert's video on styling a Quarto blog with CSS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErRX8plZpQE
                                • 32 min
                                • Issue 2022-W27 Highlights

                                  Advice on building Docker containers for Shiny applications, an R-centric tutorial on fundamentals with shell, and tips on evaluating GitHub activity for contributors.

                                  Episode Links

                                  • This issue's curator: Tony ElHabr (@TonyElHabr)
                                  • UseR!2022: Best Practices for Shiny Apps with Docker and More
                                  • Shell vs R Fundamentals – From Syntax to Control Structures with Zsh & BASH
                                  • Evaluating GitHub Activity for Contributors
                                  • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W27
                                  • Supplement Resources

                                    • Hosting Data Apps: https://hosting.analythium.io
                                    • slim.ai: https://www.slim.ai/
                                    • {dockerfiler} - Easy Dockerfile creation from R: https://github.com/ThinkR-open/dockerfiler
                                    • Data Science at the Command Line: https://datascienceatthecommandline.com
                                    • 38 min
                                    • Issue 2022-W26 Highlights

                                      Flexing new table-creation capabilities in the latest flextable update, how less is more with Shiny application processing, and the RainbowR community shines once again.

                                      Episode Links

                                      • This week's curator: Jon Calder (@jonmcalder)
                                      • {flextable} 0.7.2 - Framework for easily creating tables for reporting and publications
                                      • Offload Shiny's Workload: COVID-19 processing for the WHO/Europe
                                      • (Re)launching RainbowR: a community of LGBTQ+ R users
                                      • Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W26
                                      • Supplement Resources

                                        • flextable gallery https://ardata.fr/en/flextable-gallery
                                        • The officeverse https://ardata-fr.github.io/officeverse
                                        • SHiny and Arrow: Mike's guest post on the RStudio Blog https://www.rstudio.com/blog/shiny-and-arrow
                                        • RainbowR https://rainbowr.netlify.app
                                        • 33 min

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