R Weekly Highlights

Dive into the evolution of asynchronous programming techniques to enhance Shiny apps, making your coding more efficient. Explore a century-old mathematical puzzle that could revolutionize algorithms solvable in R. Get hands-on with Advent of Code challenges, utilizing the data.table package for innovative solutions. Discover a unique analysis of Lime Bike usage in London, showcasing cutting-edge data visualization techniques. And don’t miss the call for community contributions as the host reflects on the year and looks ahead!

The future of R-Universe is bright, with new recognition and funding enhancing the R package ecosystem. The Positron IDE offers innovative features that could revolutionize R programming, providing a streamlined interface and multi-language support. Exciting developments in AI integration are transforming data analysis, with unique applications like a chatbot tipping app. Personal projects like customizing Apple Music data showcase the creativity within the community. Plus, predictions for the 2025 Academy Awards take center stage, enticing movie buffs.

The hosts explore a unique R package that honors contributors to open-source projects, perfect for the holiday spirit. They dive into innovative strategies for addressing missing data using interpolation techniques. A spotlight on analyzing NBA shot data uncovers predictive modeling secrets for superstars like Steph Curry. Plus, hear about performance optimization in Shiny applications with clever caching methods. Community engagement takes center stage as listeners are invited to participate and connect.

The podcast unpacks a groundbreaking native mobile Shiny application that’s finally here! It also shines a light on expanding your professional network with the innovative 'atrr' package for Bluesky. Get the scoop on the latest updates in Kordo and the S7 object-oriented paradigm that promises to refine function parameters. Plus, there’s buzz about enhancing Shiny documentation with the new 'roxy.shinylive' package, making interactivity more accessible than ever. November closes out with a blend of tech and community insights!

Discover how the R community is evolving with exciting contributions highlighted from a recent conference. Dive into creating stunning interactive visualizations of Greenland's ice thickness using Leaflet and Terra packages. Learn about the innovative use of Docker containers to enhance R development. Additionally, hear about collaborative efforts aimed at improving the R language as community members tackle real-time translation and graphics engine challenges. It's a vibrant discussion full of data, innovation, and community spirit!

The innovations of the R community never cease to amaze us! How a programmatic approach to generating markdown was vital to a high-profile Quarto site, a novel infograph of Bob's Burgers sentiment analysis, and updates to the next evolution of object-oriented programming in R.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Ryo Nakagawara - @R_by_Ryo@mstdn.social (Mastodon) & @R_by_Ryo) (X/Twitter)Guide to generating and rendering computational markdown content programmatically with QuartoBob’s Burgers Episode Fingerprints by SeasonS7 0.2.0Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W46Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike-thomas.bsky.social & @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixCammy's London Drizzle - Super Street Fighter II: The New Challengers - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00453Bar Hopping - Streets of Rage 2 - jaxx - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00437

Eric flies solo this week, highlighting the most exciting insights from the 2024 Posit conference. Discover innovations in R programming, including the Quarto publishing system and its GitHub Actions for automating report generation. Dive into Sliny's latest UI improvements and the Close Read extension for enhanced data storytelling. The episode also emphasizes community engagement in data science, inviting listeners to contribute and support ongoing projects.

Bringing tidy principles to a fundamental visualization for gene expressions, being on your best "behavior" for organizing your tests, and how data.table stacks up to DuckDB and polars for reshaping your data layouts.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Jon Carroll - @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @carroll_jono (X/Twitter)Exploring the tidyHeatmap R packageDon't Expect That "Function Works Correctly", Do This InsteadComparing data.table reshape to duckdb and polarsEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W43Supplement ResourcestidyHeatmap: Draw heatmap simply using a tidy data frame https://stemangiola.github.io/tidyHeatmap/Novel App knock-in mouse model shows key features of amyloid pathology and reveals profound metabolic dysregulation of microglia https://molecularneurodegeneration.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13024-022-00547-7Shiny App-Packages chapter on writing tests and specifications https://mjfrigaard.github.io/shiny-app-pkgs/test_specs.htmlWANT CLEANER UNIT TESTS? TRY ARRANGE, ACT, ASSERT COMMENTS https://jakubsob.github.io/blog/want-cleaner-test-try-arrange-act-assert/Super Data Science Podcast 827: Polars: Past, Present and Future, with Polars Creator Ritchie Vink https://www.superdatascience.com/podcast/827duckplyr: A DuckDB-backed version for dplyr https://duckplyr.tidyverse.org/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixBlack Feathers in the Sky - Kid Icarus: Uprising - MkVaff - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04200Cross-Examination - Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - PrototypeRaptor - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01846

A helpful way to organizing your growing collection of unit tests, how interfacing with LLMs just got easier in the R ecosystem, and a clever use of AI to summarize a large collection of blog posts.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Nested unit tests with testthatshinychat: Chat UI component for Shiny for RCreating post summary with AI from Hugging FaceEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W42Supplement Resourceselmer: Call LLM APIs from R https://hadley.github.io/elmer/Joe Cheng's sidebot app (R edition) https://github.com/jcheng5/r-sidebotEDA Reimagined in R: GWalkR + DuckDB for Lightning-Fast Visualizations https://medium.com/@bruceyu0416/eda-reimagined-in-r-gwalkr-duckdb-for-lightning-fast-visualizations-05b011e8ae39Apache superset https://superset.apache.org/Postprocessing is coming to tidymodels https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2024/10/postprocessing-preview/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixPachelbel's Ganon - The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - djpretzel - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR00753Voodoo, Roots 'n Grog - The Secret of Monkey Island - Alex Jones, Diggi Dis - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180

A monumental achievement for bringing the Nix package manager to reproducible data science, travelling deep through the in-place modification rabbit hole across multiple languages, and a sampling of sage advice from the Data Science Hangout.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @tonyelhabr@skrimmage.com (Mastodon) & @TonyElHabr (X/Twitter)Reproducible data science with Nix, part 13 -- {rix} is on CRAN!In-Place ModificationsData Career Insights: Lessons from four senior leaders in the data spaceEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W40Supplement Resourcesrix rOpenSci review: https://github.com/ropensci/software-review/issues/625Determinate Systems Zero to Nix guide https://zero-to-nix.com/ vec - A new vector class with added functionality https://jonocarroll.github.io/vec/rray - Simple arrays https://rray.r-lib.org/Libby Heeren's podcast Data Humans https://libbyheeren.com/podcast.html or https://datahumans.libsyn.com/siteA Bayesian Plackett-Luce model in Stan applied to pinball championship data https://sumsar.net/blog/bayesian-plackett-luce-model-pinball-competition/ Cover and modify, some tips for R package development https://masalmon.eu/2024/09/24/cover-modify-r-packages/Supporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social mediaEric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mikethomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) and @mikeketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixTorvus Clockwork - Metroid Prime 2: Echoes - DarkeSword - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01507Home is Where You Belong - Final Fantasy IX - Reuben Spears, Earth Kid - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04135