Introduction

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) & @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (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

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