R Weekly 2025-W34

18 Aug 2025

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This week’s release was curated by Colin Fay, with help from the R Weekly team members and contributors.

Highlight

• Announcing Positron, a new Data Science IDE

• {shinytesters}: Updating Inputs in testServer

• Adding Shiny app’s parameters to the URL

Insights

• The Pharma Leader’s Reading List: 14 Resources for Busy Executives

• A Personal Message from an Open Source Contributor

• Which AI model writes the best R code?

R in the Real World

• Kyoto (京都), Japan, vs. Montréal, Canada, a first comparison

• Announcing Positron, a new Data Science IDE

• Managing Remote Database Connections from Quarto Documents

• Men’s domestic chores and fertility rates - Part I by @ellis2013nz

• Learning Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) genes with Bioconductor

Resources

• C++ for R Users

New Packages

📦 Keep up to date wtih CRANberries 📦

GitHub or Bitbucket

• {shinytesters}: Updating Inputs in testServer

Updated Packages

🔍 Search on R-universe 🔍

• {osmapiR} 0.2.4: Interface to OpenStreetMap API - diffify

Videos and Podcasts

• Listen to the R-Weekly Highlights Podcast

Tutorials

• Adding Shiny app’s parameters to the URL

• Measures of Central Tendency for an Asymmetric Distribution, and Confidence Intervals

• Seven accessibility tips for Quarto and R Markdown users

R Project Updates

Updates from R Core:

Call for Participation

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Upcoming Events in 3 Months

Events in 3 Months:

• RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) in R with ragnar workshop

• A list of R conferences and meetings

• This week’s local R-User and applied stats events

• Weekly R Workshops for Ukraine

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