R Weekly 2024-W16 Chat with LLMs, testing warnings, R-hub

15 Apr 2024

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

Highlight

• Chat with AI in RStudio

• Test warnings faster

• R-hub v2

Insights

• 3MW (Using Parametrized Reports Instead of Shiny)

• Git Gud: Version Control Best Practices

• R-hub v2

• Lost in Transformation: The Horror and Wonder of Logit

• The Truth About Tidy Wrappers

R in the Real World

• How long until building complaints are dispositioned? A survival analysis case study

• Chat with AI in RStudio

• Daily Average Sea Surface Temperature Animation

• R and Python Together: A Second Case Study Using LangChain’s LLM Tools

R in Organizations

• Tidyverse developer day 2024

• The Impact of R on Academic Excellence in Manchester, UK

• SatRdays London 2024: Registration Closing Soon

R in Academia

• Conformalized predictive simulations for univariate time series on more than 250 data sets

New Packages

📦 Go Live for More New Pkgs 📦

CRAN

• {optimall} 1.1.0: Allocate Samples Among Strata

• {testex} 0.1.0: Add Tests to Examples

• {complex} 1.0.0: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting Using Complex Variables

• {stringx} 0.2.8: Replacements for Base String Functions Powered by ‘stringi’

• {hdbayes} 0.0.3: Bayesian Analysis of Generalized Linear Models with Historical Data

• {CodeDepends} 0.6.6: Analysis of R Code for Reproducible Research and Code Comprehension

Updated Packages

🔍 Search on R-universe 🔍

• {dbplyr} 2.5.0: A dplyr Back End for Databases - diffify

• {mirai} 0.13.2: Minimalist Async Evaluation Framework for R - diffify

• {nanonext} 0.13.5.2: NNG (Nanomsg Next Gen) Lightweight Messaging Library - diffify

• {secretbase} 0.4.0: Cryptographic Hash and Extendable-Output Functions - diffify

• {simaerep} 0.5.0: Find Clinical Trial Sites Under-Reporting Adverse Events - diffify

• {prismatic} 1.1.2: Color Manipulation Tools - diffify

• {pkgdown} 2.0.8: Make Static HTML Documentation for a Package - diffify

Videos and Podcasts

• Listen to the R-Weekly Highlights Podcast

• A user perspective on using iSEE interactive websites

• Player Time Chart - FIBA API Part 2 - TidyX Episode 178

Shiny Apps

• vvdoctor: Shiny App to simplify statistical testing

• Simple and Fast Visualization of Biodiversity Occurrence Data using GBIF and R Shiny

Tutorials

• extendr: making a heckin’ fast case converter in 42 lines of Rust code

• WebDev4R: Understanding Quarto Notation

• 3MW (A custom dropdown menu without Shiny)

• Three Ways to Include Images in Your ggplots

• Taking the data out of the glue with regex in R

• How to Remove Rows with Some or All NAs in R

• Loading Financial Time Series

R Project Updates

Updates from R Core:

Upcoming Events in 3 Months

Events in 3 Months:

• ShinyConf 2024 (April 17 - 19): Why Attending ShinyConf 2024 Can Be a Game Changer for Your Career

• Unlocking Financial Insights: Join Us at the R Finance Conference

• R/Medicine Coming June 10-14, 2024 – Call for Abstracts Open – Keynotes Announced

• A list of R conferences and meetings

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

• Weekly R Workshops for Ukraine

Jobs

💼 Explore Jobs & Gigs Board on RStudio Community 💼

rtistry

• 2024 30-Day Chart Challenge - Day 05 - Diverging

• Eclipse map

• https://bsky.app/profile/tterence.bsky.social/post/3kphm4hqsnj2y

• https://bsky.app/profile/ansgarw.bsky.social/post/3kpzbxkxzoa2p

Quotes of the Week

Want to use Google Fonts like Montserrat in your #ggplot2 #rstats visualizations?

It’s easier than you think!

Here’s an example using 2020 Decennial @uscensusbureau data and the tidycensus package: pic.twitter.com/CdC2dAeul7

— Kyle Walker (@kyle_e_walker) April 13, 2024