Issue 2025-W18 Highlights
In this episode of R Weekly Highlights we hear from industry experts on how they choose a programming language for their projects, a big boost to the use of copilot for building your next Shiny app, and the learning journey of a new R user.Episode LinksThis week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter)Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchersReliable Shiny Code with Copilot and Posit’s VS Code ExtensionMy Journey Learning R as a Humanities UndergradEntire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W18Supplement ResourcesR for Data Science 2nd Edition https://r4ds.hadley.nz/Data Science Learning Community https://dslc.io/IssueTrackeR https://tanguybarthelemy.github.io/IssueTrackeR 3MW (Scalable reporting with Quarto) https://3mw.albert-rapp.de/p/scalable-reporting-with-quartoSupporting the showUse the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact to send us your feedbackR-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.A new way to think about value: https://value4value.infoGet in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon), @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) and @theRcast (X/Twitter)Mike Thomas: @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon), @mike-thomas.bsky.social (BlueSky), and @mike_ketchbrook (X/Twitter) Music credits powered by OCRemixSecrets Abound - Final Fantasy - Midgarian Sky - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452Voodoo, Roots 'n Grog - The Secret of Monkey Island - Alex Jones, Diggi Dis - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180