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Eric Nantz
The R Weekly podcast offers a quick description of the latest highlighted stories and other stories from the latest R Weekly issue, as curated by the R Weekly team and R community.
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Aug 24, 2022 • 35min
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

Aug 17, 2022 • 35min
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

Aug 10, 2022 • 25min
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

Aug 4, 2022 • 30min
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

Jul 15, 2022 • 31min
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

Jul 13, 2022 • 37min
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

Jun 29, 2022 • 32min
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

Jun 22, 2022 • 26min
Issue 2022-W25 Highlights
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)
rstudio::conf(2022) Conference Schedule
Why You Should (or Shouldn't) Build an API Client
R Shiny Hotjar – How To Monitor User Behavior in R Shiny Apps
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W25

Jun 15, 2022 • 23min
Issue 2022-W24 Highlights
Many improvements to {gt} version 0.6, and creating flow charts effeciently with {ggplot2}.
Episode Links
This week's curator: Batool Almarzouq (@batool664)
Changes (for the better) in {gt} 0.6.0
Creating flowcharts with {ggplot2}
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W24
Supplement Resources
The {gtExtras} is now on CRAN: https://themockup.blog/posts/2022-06-13-gtextras-cran
New features in {gt} 0.6: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5TV9uWCJps
{gt} table battles - Eurovision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIB_N0nUfNs
{gt} table battles - Digital publications: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c_PUee8Cu0
{gt} table battles: Crosswords: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRxdutTgyDE
Nicola's tweet of day 29 chart challenge https://twitter.com/nrennie35/status/1519960428167811074
R-Ladies Nairobi: #30DayChartChallenge https://nrennie.rbind.io/talks/2022-may-rladies-nairobi/
R-Ladies Nairobi Meetup YouTube Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY-fW7HqPP0

Jun 8, 2022 • 30min
Issue 2022-W23 Highlights
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_)
{tickle}: a package for creating UIs in base R
R will always be arcane to those who do not make a serious effort to learn it...
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2022-W23
Supplement Resources
More people use Tcl than know about it (2004) https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/More-people-use-Tcl-than-know-about-it
The R Tcl/Tk Interface paper by Peter Dalgaard: https://www.r-project.org/conferences/DSC-2001/Proceedings/Dalgaard.pdf
Mike FC's tickle annoucement tweet https://twitter.com/coolbutuseless/status/1532593976422805505
Mike FC's take on why tickle? https://twitter.com/coolbutuseless/status/1533685352451301376
R for data science learning community https://www.rfordatasci.com