learning base R [book review]
This second edition of an introductory R book was sent to me by the author for a potential CHANCE book review. As there are many (many) books in the same...continue reading.
Category: R News
ragg, svglite, and the new graphics features
The release of ragg 1.2 and svglite 2.1 brought support for some exciting new graphics engine features, including gradients and patterns, which were added in R 4.1 by Paul Murrell...continue reading.
Last Call for Proposals – Appsilon Shiny Conference
The Appsilon Shiny Conference is on April 17-29, 2022. Only two months left to go until the big event. And with March right around the corner, that means the call...continue reading.
Streamlit Tutorial: How to Deploy Streamlit Apps on RStudio Connect
Streamlit Tutorial on RStudio Connect At Appsilon we specialize in R and Shiny, but as data scientists and ML engineers we also know our way around Python. In our recent...continue reading.
Challenges in Package Management
Photo courtesy of Pexels Installing software packages from public repositories like CRAN or PyPI is easy until it isn’t. New developers and veterans reading this are likely familiar with the...continue reading.
future 1.24.0: Forwarding RNG State also for Stand-Alone Futures
future 1.24.0 is on CRAN. It comes with one significant update related to random number generation, further deprecation of legacy future strategies, a slight improvement to plan() and tweaks(), and...continue reading.
How to Share R Shiny Apps – Top 3 Methods Explained
Let’s face the facts – you want your amazing dashboards seen by the world. To do so, you have to find a way to share R Shiny apps. There are...continue reading.
Batch transfer GitLab projects with the GitLab API
This is a bit off-topic to be filed under DevOps / workflow automation but I still wanted to share it: … Read More →continue reading.
RStudio Workbench 2022.02.0 Release
RStudio Workbench’s 2022.02 release, code-named Prairie Trillium, includes many new and exciting features and updates. Today we’ll highlight a few noteworthy features: Specifying R Versions in the Ad Hoc Job...continue reading.
RStudio 2022.02.0: What’s New
This post highlights some of the improvements in the latest RStudio IDE release 2022.02.0, code-named “Prairie Trillium”. To read about all of the new features and updates available in this...continue reading.
Upgrading to testthat edition 3
As the collection of packages in the tidyverse grows, maintenance becomes increasingly important, and Hadley made this the topic of his keynote at rstudio::global 2021. In this blog post, I...continue reading.
recipes 0.2.0
We’re very excited to announce the release of recipes 0.2.0. recipes is a package for preprocessing data before using it in models or visualizations. You can think of it as...continue reading.
How to Implement the Logistic Sigmoid Function in Python
In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to implement a logistic sigmoid function in Python. I’ll explain what the logistic sigmoid function is. I’ll show you how to define the...continue reading.
Wordle Data Analysis
Arthur Holtz is a Senior FP&A Manager at Shipt, but don’t let the title mislead you — he spends most of his days buried in databases and R, analyzing data....continue reading.
2022 Internships
Photo by JD Long We’re excited to announce our 2022 Summer Internship Program. Through the program, students will be able to apply for full-time summer internships within one of the...continue reading.
Add logging to your functions using my newest package `{loud}`
This is a short blog post to announce the early alpha, hyper unstable, use at your own peril, package I’ve been working on for the past 6 hours or so...continue reading.
Registration Open – 2022 Appsilon Shiny Conference
***Register for the virtual Appsilon Shiny Conference*** The first annual Appsilon Shiny Conference has been scheduled for April 27-29, 2022. You can explore more of the event details and a...continue reading.
Working With Databases and SQL in RStudio
Photo by Conny Schneider on Unsplash Relational databases are a common way to store information, and SQL is a widely-used language for managing data held in these systems. RStudio provides...continue reading.
CRAN “Golden Oldies” and “One Hit Wonders”
If you are a regular R Views reader, then you know that every month I post my Top 40 picks for new CRAN packages. In this post, I’ll borrow some...continue reading.
Using R to Model UK Residential Property by Giles Heywood
Our first speaker at London R is Giles Heywood who works as Chief Data Scientist at Seven Dials Fund Management…. The post Using R to Model UK Residential Property by...continue reading.
