R Weekly 2024-W09 print, plot, pretty code

26 Feb 2024

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This week’s release was curated by Jonathan Carroll, with help from the RWeekly team members and contributors.

Highlight

• HelloWorld(“print”)

• ggplot2 3.5.0

• Beautiful Code, Because We’re Worth It!

Insights

• HelloWorld(“print”)

• Balanced sampling in R, Julia, and R + Julia

• Perfectly balanced treatment arm distribution in a multifactorial CRT using stratified randomization

• Performance Optimization in R: An Example Using Memoise

• Torch for R Now in the qeML Package

• Linking overlapping hospital stays

• ggplot2 3.5.0

• Moju-kapu（モジュカプ）Modular Encapsulation

• rscopus_plus: An extension of the rscopus package

• Why pandas feels clunky when coming from R

• 3MW (HTML & CSS with {htmltools})

• Beautiful Code, Because We’re Worth It!

• Read and Play Digital Music (MIDI) in R using the fluidsynth package

• Help make waywiser better! User requests wanted

• Parsing phone numbers with Rust and R

R in Organizations

• Recap: R Validation Hub Community Meeting

• rOpenSci News Digest, February 2024

R Users

• R-Ladies Cotonou – A Community that Makes R Accessible for French-Speaking African Women

New Packages

📦 Go Live for More New Pkgs 📦

CRAN

• Rhino 1.7.0 Update on CRAN: Improved Linting and Automatic Reloading
• {teal.modules.clinical} 0.9.0: ‘teal’ Modules for Standard Clinical Outputs
• {teal.transform} 0.5.0: Functions for Extracting and Merging Data in the ‘teal’
• {LSTbook} 0.5.0: Data and Software for “Lessons in Statistical Thinking”
• {fscache} 1.0.2: File System Cache
• {luajr} 0.1.6: ‘LuaJIT’ Scripting
• {nc} 2024.2.21: Named Capture to Data Tables
• {Platypus} 3.5.0: Single-Cell Immune Repertoire and Gene Expression Analysis
• {fluidsynth} 1.0.0: Read and Play Digital Music (MIDI)
• {savvyr} 0.1.0: Survival Analysis for AdVerse Events with VarYing Follow-Up Times
• {MacBehaviour} 1.1.3: Behavioural Studies of Large Language Models
• {ggbrace} 0.1.1: Curly Braces for ‘ggplot2’
• {roxylint} 0.1.0: Lint ‘roxygen2’-Generated Documentation Framework
• {basicdrm} 0.1.0: Fit Hill Dose Response Models
• {executablePackeR} 0.0.1: Make ‘shiny’ App to Executable Program

GitHub or Bitbucket

• {dir} 1.0.0
• {updateme} 0.1.0

Updated Packages

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• {secretbase} 0.3.0: Cryptographic Hash and Extendable-Output Functions - diffify
• {ggplot2} 3.5.0: Create Elegant Data Visualisations Using the Grammar of Graphics - diffify
• {ggblanket} 6.0.0: Simplify ‘ggplot2’ Visualisation - diffify
• {prettymapr} 0.2.5: Scale Bar, North Arrow, and Pretty Margins in R - diffify
• {zoomr} 0.3.0: Connect to Your ‘Zoom’ Data - diffify
• {arrow} 14.0.2.1: Integration to ‘Apache’ ‘Arrow’ - diffify
• {ggdendro} 0.2.0: Create Dendrograms and Tree Diagrams Using ‘ggplot2’ - diffify
• {nflplotR} 1.3.0: NFL Logo Plots in ‘ggplot2’ and ‘gt’ - diffify
• {teal} 0.15.1: Exploratory Web Apps for Analyzing Clinical Trials Data - diffify
• {arcgisutils} 0.2.0: ArcGIS Utility Functions - diffify
• {unix} 1.5.7: POSIX System Utilities - diffify
• {RUnit} 0.4.33: R Unit Test Framework - diffify
• {rhino} 1.7.0: A Framework for Enterprise Shiny Applications - diffify
• {r4ds.tutorials} 0.2.0: Tutorials for “R for Data Science” - diffify
• {scientific} 2024.1: Elegant Scientific Themed Reporting for ‘Markdown’ - diffify
• {renv} 1.0.4: Project Environments - diffify
• {labelr} 0.1.3: Label Data Frames, Variables, and Values - diffify
• {rayshader} 0.37.3: Create Maps and Visualize Data in 2D and 3D - diffify
• {rayrender} 0.32.2: Build and Raytrace 3D Scenes - diffify
• {pkglite} 0.2.2: Compact Package Representations - diffify
• {ontologyPlot} 1.7: Visualising Sets of Ontological Terms - diffify
• {tinysnapshot} 0.0.4: Snapshots for Unit Tests using the ‘tinytest’ Framework - diffify
• {gsEasy} 1.5: Gene Set Enrichment Analysis in R - diffify
• {circlize} 0.4.16: Circular Visualization - diffify
• {ggVennDiagram} 1.5.2: A ‘ggplot2’ Implement of Venn Diagram - diffify
• {togglr} 0.2.1: ‘Toggl.com’ Api for ‘Rstudio’ - diffify
• {callr} 3.7.5: Call R from R - diffify

Videos and Podcasts

• Listen to the R-Weekly Highlights Podcast

• Unlocking the Power of R for Insurance and Actuarial Science: Webinar Series Recap

Gist & Cookbook

• Du Bois Visualization Challenge 03

Shiny Apps

• Changes in Life Expectancy by Country (1952-2007)

Tutorials

• Taming the Data Jungle: Filtering data.tables and data.frames in R

• Demystifying Data Types in R: A Beginner’s Guide with Code Examples

• Enhancing Your Plots in R: Adding Superscripts & Subscripts

• Building an HR Dashboard in R using Flexdashboard

R Project Updates

Updates from R Core:

Upcoming Events in 3 Months

Events in 3 Months:

• A list of R conferences and meetings

• Join Us at Shiny Gatherings #11: New Developments in Rhino

• (March 4, 2024) Dataviz lunch: Replicating Du Bois with R

• (March 6, 2024) Master Tidy Finance & Access Financial Data with Expert Christoph Scheuch

• (April 17-19, 2024) Get Ready for ShinyConf 2024: Explore Keynotes & Secure Your Spot

• Join our R/Medicine Webinar: Quarto for Reproducible Medical Manuscripts

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

• Weekly R Workshops for Ukraine

• Events at Jumping Rivers 2024

Jobs

💼 Explore Jobs & Gigs Board on RStudio Community 💼

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Quotes of the Week