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The R-Podcast has risen again! After sharing the story of my R adventures since the last episode, we focus on a very important initiative that could pave the way for the next generation of developers contributing to the future of R itself. I am joined by research software engineer Heather Turner and statistician Saranjeet Kaur Bhogal to share the story of how the new R Development Guide brings a new and accessible approach for learning how to contribute to the R project itself, along with their vision of the upcoming Collaborative Campfires to inspire and grow the community around this imporant effort. Links Update on the RWeekly and 2021 Reflections: https://rweekly.fireside.fm/70 Collaboration Campfires: contributor.r-project.org/events/collaboration-campfires R Contribution Working Group: contributor.r-project.org/working-group R Development Guide: contributor.r-project.org/rdevguide/ Digital Infrastructure Icubator: incubator.codeforscience.org/cohort Feedback Email the show: thercast[at]gmail.com

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About this Episode This is the second of multiple episodes covering the recent rstudio::conf 2020! In this episode, Eric shares the backstory behind his Shiny Community e-poster and welcomes data scientist Garrick Aiden-Buie to discuss his spectacular JavaScript for Shiny Users course, the mind-blowing features of the package accompanying the course, and much more. Plus takeaways from Shiny-related presentations at the conference and a fresh batch of listener feedback. Links rstudio::conf(2020L) recordings: resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2020 Reaping the benfits of the Shiny community e-poster: rpodcast.shinyapps.io/highlights-shiny Poster source code: github.com/rpodcast/highlights.shiny Javascript for Shiny Users: js4shiny.com/ Garrick's GitHub: github.com/gadenbuie js4shiny package: pkg.js4shiny.com/ Styling Shiny apps with Sass and Bootstrap 4 (Joe Cheng): resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2020/styling-shiny-apps-with-sass-and-bootstrap-4-joe-cheng Reproducible Shiny apps with shinymeta (C

About this Episode This is the first of multiple episodes covering the recent rstudio::conf 2020! In this episode, Eric shares his take on the big news made by RStudio and has a great interview with RStudio software engineer Kevin Ushey. Links RStudio becomes a Public Benefit Corporation: blog.rstudio.com/2020/01/29/rstudio-pbc RStudio changes structure to focus on public benefit: www.infoworld.com/article/3518390/rstudio-changes-structure-to-focus-on-public-benefit.html JJ Allaire's keynote slides: rstudio.com/slides/rstudio-pbc/ A corporate paradign shift - Public Benefit Corporations [https://www.gibsondunn.com/a-corporate-paradigm-shift-public-benefit-corporations/](www.gibsondunn.com/a-corporate-paradigm-shift-public-benefit-corporations) renv: Project Environments for R kevinushey-2020-rstudio-conf.netlify.com/slides.html renv GitHub repository: github.com/rstudio/renv Emil Hvitfeldt's repository with rstudio::conf links to slides and other materials: github.com/EmilHvitfeldt/RStudioConf202

About this Episode In this episode, Eric shares insights gained from the JSM 2019 conference, including an excellent panel discussion on the use of javascript in statistics. In addition, Eric is joined by RStudio's education team members Alison Hill & Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel to discuss new ideas for teaching data science effectively, as well as how tools like R-Markdown are opening many new possibilities for both students and teachers. Episode Shownotes Why Javascript? JSM panel discussion: Karl Broman's slides Carson Sievert's slides Data Science in a Box: datasciencebox.org RStudio Learner Personas: rstudio-education.github.io/learner-personas Advanced R-Markdown workshop from rstudio::conf 2019: arm.rbind.io/ learnr - Interactive tutorials in R: rstudio.github.io/learnr Project Kickstart-R - Create a project/team website and knowledge sharing platform with R-Markdown: github.com/sourcethemes/project-kickstart-r lullabyr - Generate children's songs with random words: github.com/

About this Episode Eric is joined by RStudio's president Tareef Kawaf and they cover a wide variety of topics including Tareef's journey to RStudio, building a robust organization structure, and how an open-core model drives RStudio's vision for the present and future. Episode Shownotes RStudio 1.2 release highlights: blog.rstudio.com/2019/04/30/rstudio-1-2-release Tareef's opening keynote at rstudio::conf 2019: Welcome and RStudio Vision Reproducible Environments: environments.rstudio.com RStudio Community: community.rstudio.com RStudio Cloud (currently in alpha): rstudio.cloud Introducing RStudio Team: blog.rstudio.com/2019/05/09/introducing-rstudio-team Feedback Leave a comment on this episode's post Email the show: thercast[at]gmail.com Use the R-Podcast contact page Get in touch on Twitter: @theRcast Music Credits Opening and closing themes: Training Montage by WillRock from the Return All Robots Remix Album at ocremix.org

Chicago R Unconference Unconf website: [https://chirunconf.github.io/](chirunconf.github.io/) Issue board: github.com/chirunconf/chirunconf19/issues #chirunconf (Sharla Gelfand): sharla.party/posts/chirunconf/ Discover and share your supeR powers (Mauro Lepore): maurolepore.github.io/confs/articles/2019_chirunconf_experience.html Joshua Goldberg's awesome unconf photo album footrulr package repo: github.com/kanishkamisra/footrulr Fixed-Choice Design Simulation drake workflow (Ben Listyg): github.com/wlandau/drake-examples/tree/master/fcd drake v7.0.0 package release notes: ropensci.org/technotes/2019/03/18/drake-700/ electricShine package repo: github.com/chasemc/electricShine 25 gt examples: frm1789.github.io/gt_examples/ The Unconference Toolbox: github.com/unconf-toolbox/ The Unconf Issue Explorer Shiny app: rpodcast.shinyapps.io/unconfissues/ Unconf Twitter bot repo: github.com/unconf-toolbox/unconf-bot How to Organize an R Unconference: unconf-toolbox.github.io/unconf-guide/ Unconf attendee applic

Conversation with Max Kuhn Tidy models: github.com/tidymodels parsnip - A tidy interface to models: tidymodels.github.io/parsnip/ caret package: topepo.github.io/caret/index.html Conventions for R Modeling Packages: tidymodels.github.io/model-implementation-principles/ Additional rstudio::conf gems Empowering a data team with RStudio addins (Hao Zhu): resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2019/empowering-a-data-team-with-rstudio-addins pak: A fresh approach to package installation: pak.r-lib.org/ Gabor Csardi's rstudio::conf presentation: resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2019/pkgman-a-fresh-approach-to-package-installation Democratizing R with Plumber APIs (James Blair): resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2019/democratizing-r-with-plumber-apis Configuration management tools for the R admin (Kelly O'Briant): resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2019/configuration-management-tools-for-the-r-admin The lazy and distracted report writer - using rmarkdown and parameterised reports (Mike K Smith): resourc

In this episode I share the advice and tips I used to prepare my talk on Shiny Modules at rstudio::conf 2019. Plus I sit down with RStudio software engineer Rich Iannone to learn about his journey from atmospheric science to creating a collection of awesome R packages like DiagrammeR and gt for creating tables with a tidy syntax. As always thank you so much for listening and hope you enjoy this episode! Conversation with Rich Iannone DiagrammeR package: visualizers.co/diagrammer/ gt package: gt.rstudio.com/ blastula package: github.com/rich-iannone/blastula Preparing for the Shiny Modules talk Karl Browman's rstudio::conf 2019 resources repo: github.com/kbroman/RStudioConf2019Slides Slides: bit.ly/modules2019 Recording: resources.rstudio.com/rstudio-conf-2019/effective-use-of-shiny-modules-in-application-development Communication between modules article: shiny.rstudio.com/articles/communicate-bet-modules.html Ames Housing Explorer application: gallery.shinyapps.io/ames-explorer shinypod package by

Another spectacular rstudio::conf is in the books and the R-Podcast has tons of insights to share! We kick off our coverage with a three-podcast crossover as I am joined by Credibly Curious co-host Nick Tierny and Not So Standard Deviations co-host Hilary Parker! We discuss our impressions of the conference and where we'd like to see R go in 2019. Plus I share how my journey to the Advanced R-Markdown workshop is a testament to the welcoming and openness that the R community offers. This is just the beginning of our coverage and I hope you enjoy this episode! Conversation with Hilary Parker and Nick Tierney Credibly Curious podcast: soundcloud.com/crediblycurious Not So Standard Deviations podcast: nssdeviations.com Apache Arrow: arrow.apache.org Tidy Evaluation online book: tidyeval.tidyverse.org Tidy models family of packages: github.com/tidymodels The magick package by Jeroen Ooms: github.com/ropensci/magick pagedown package (paginate HTML output of R Markdown) by Yihui Xie: github.com/rstudio/pa

Conversation with Ian Lyttle Twitter: @ijlyttle | Github: github.com/ijlyttle Ian's presentation at rstudio::conf 2018 recording: www.rstudio.com/resources/videos/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-firewall/ bsplus package: ijlyttle.github.io/bsplus/ shinychord package: github.com/ijlyttle/shinychord ghenter package: github.com/ijlyttle/ghentr Rstudio::conf 2018 takeaways and insights Advanced R 2nd Edition new chapters: Expressions: adv-r.hadley.nz/expressions.html Quasiquotation: adv-r.hadley.nz/expressions.html Evaluation: adv-r.hadley.nz/evaluation.html Translating R Code: adv-r.hadley.nz/translation.html lobstr package: github.com/r-lib/lobstr Recordings from all sessions on RStudio site: rstudio.com/resources/webinars/#rstudioconf2018 Collection of presentation links: github.com/simecek/RStudioConf2018Slides/ Presentations by RStudio staff: github.com/rstudio/rstudio-conf/tree/master/2018/ rstudio::conf 2018 summary (Paul van der Laken): paulvanderlaken.com/2018/02/08/rstudioconf-

Our coverage of rstudio::conf 2018 continues! In this episode I reconnect with the first-ever guest of the R-Podcast, RStudio software engineer Yihui Xie. In our conversation you'll hear about Yihui's journey since joining RStudio, his vision of how blogdown and bookdown could lead to a streamlined publishing worflow, and much more. I hope you enjoy this episode! Conversation with Yihui Xie Yihui's supplemental post: yihui.name/en/2018/02/r-podcast/ Rbind project: support.rbind.io/about/ The New and Improved R-Podcast Site: support.rbind.io/2017/04/27/r-podcast-website/ REWORK: basecamp.com/books/rework blogdown: Creating websites with R Markdown (available online and print): bookdown.org/yihui/blogdown/ Keeping up with blogdown (Mara Averick): maraaverick.rbind.io/2017/10/keeping-up-with-blogdown/ Feedback Leave a comment on this episode's [post]({{< ref "024-rstudioconf-yihui-xie.md" >}}) Email the show: thercast[at]gmail.com Use the R-Podcast [contact page]({{<

The R-Podcast's coverage of rstudio::conf 2018 begins! I have the pleasure of speaking with Romain Francois and Thomas Lin Pedersen. You'll hear Romain's thoughts on the growth of Rcpp and the project that helped him become closer to the R community. We also learn about Thomas' journey to enhancing ggplot2 and the new packages he's developed covering network analyses and dynamic APIs from R. I hope you enjoy episode 23 of the R-Podcast!

In this episode of the R-Podcast I have a conversation with my colleague Will Landau about his new R package drake that provides a powerful build system for analysis pipelines. In addition we have a fun R community roundup, listener feedback, and a couple of package picks to give you a gentle nod and a fun way to explore interpolation. If you have ideas for topics, questions, or other types of feedback, get in touch with me by heading over to the R-Podcast site at www.r-podcast.org, sending a note to thercast[at]gmail.com, or contacting me at @thercast on Twitter. As always thanks for tuning in and I hope you enjoy episode 22 of the R-Podcast!

The R-Podcast concludes its coverage of rstudio::conf by chatting with R Foundation member and Rcpp author Dirk Eddelbuettel! We cover a variety of topics including the state of Rcpp, how the integration of Rcpp in RStudio came about, and his perspective on Linux in the R community. Plus a new batch of listener feedback and a package pick that gives your shiny apps and rmarkdown reports a little more bootstrap polish. Enjoy episode 21 of the R-Podcast!

In episode 20 I'm happy to bring you more great interviews with members of RStudio from rstudio::conf! I had the pleasure of chatting with software engineer Javier Luraschi to discuss Apache Spark and the new sparklyr package that allows R users to connect directly to a Spark cluster for high-performance data analyses. In addition you will hear from RStudio's master instructor Garret Grolemund to get his recommendations for teaching R and the highly-acclaimed R for Data Science book. All of this plus a package pick that could enable me to use R in my podcast workflow in episode 20 of the R-Podcast!

The R-Podcast has landed in Orlando for the first ever rstudio::conf! Our coverage begins with two excellent interviews: First I talk with Bárbara Borges Ribeiro, software engineer at RStudio about her journey to using R and her advice for developing Shiny apps. Then Dean Attali makes his return to the show and we discuss R's role in his graduate research and his experiences as a Shiny consultant. All of this plus a package pick that can give Shiny app users a helping hand. I hope you enjoy episode 19 of the R-Podcast!

The R-Podcast concludes its series on the Shiny Developer Conference with a jam-packed episode featuring two interviews with members of the RStudio team! In part one I have a panel discussion with JJ Allaire, Jeff Allen, and Hadley Wickham to get their impressions of the conference and some exciting new features in the latest version of the RStudio IDE. In part two I have an extended conversation with Joe Cheng to discuss the origins of Shiny, how the conference came together, and ideas for future enhancements of shiny. All of this and more on episode 18 of the R-Podcast!

The R-Podcast continues its series on Shiny and the first-ever Shiny Developer Conference by catching up with Vincent Nijs, associate professor of marketing at UC San Diego and one of the earliest adopters of Shiny. Some of the topics we cover include his journey to using R, his motivation and process for developing the Radiant Shiny application used by his students to perform business analytics, and how he would like to involve the community to add new capabilities to Radiant. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!

Direct from the first-ever Shiny Developer conference, here is episode 16 of the R-Podcast! In this episode I sit down with Dean Attali for an engaging conversation about his journey to using R, his motivation for creating the innovative shinyjs package, and his perspective on teaching others about R through his support of the innovative and highly-praised Stats 545 course at UBC. In addition you'll hear about how his previous work prepared him well for using R, his collaboration with the RStudio team, and much more. I hope you enjoy this episode and thanks for listening!