R Weekly 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 (@RbyRyo (https://twitter.com/R_by_Ryo)) Using across() to create multiple columns…

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) (https://twitter.com/batool664) useR2022 recordings are now on the conference YouTube channel…

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 (https://twitter.com/KellyBodwin)) RStudio rebrands as Posit (https://www.rstudio.com/blog/rstudio-is-becoming-posit/) {shinytest2}: For…

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 (https://twitter.com/carroll_jono)) Containerizing Interactive R Markdown…

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 (https://twitter.com/TonyElHabr)) UseR!2022: Best Practices for Shiny Apps with Docker and More…

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 (https://twitter.com/jonmcalder)) {flextable} 0.7.2 (https://www.ardata.fr/en/post/2022/06/23/flextable-0-7-2-is-out/) -…

Previewing the upcoming rstudio::conf, why you should (or shouldn't) build an API client package, and monitoring Shiny application usage with Hotjar. Episode Links This week's curator: Colin Fay (@_colinFay (https://twitter.com/_colinfay)) rstudio::conf(2022) Conference Schedule (https://www.rstudio.com/blog/rstudio-2022-conf-schedule/) Why You…

Many improvements to {gt} version 0.6, and creating flow charts effeciently with {ggplot2}. Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq (@batool664) (https://twitter.com/batool664) Changes (for the better) in {gt} 0.6.0 (https://www.rstudio.com/blog/changes-for-the-better-in-gt-0-6-0/) Creating flowcharts with {ggplot2}…

Creating user interfaces in R with a vintage toolkit, and a candid take on learning R with the right perspectives in mind. Episode Links This week's curator: Sam Parmar (@parmsam_ (https://twitter.com/parmsam_)) {tickle} (https://github.com/coolbutuseless/tickle): a package for creating UIs in base R R will always be arcane to those who do not make…

Annotated screencasts of David Robinson's Tidy Tuesday analyses, and the second edition of Deep Learning with R is on the way. Episode Links This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq (@batool664) (https://twitter.com/batool664) RScreencasts.com (https://www.rscreencasts.com/?ref=rweekly): A collection of 80+ hours of time-stamped, annotated…