News and information about the R programming language
- Techtonique dot net is back, but more like a passion project, with an API for machine learning tasks (classification, regression, survival analysis, reserving, forecasting etc.). Examples in R, Python are provided in the blog post. Continue reading: Techtonique dot net, the Machine Learning web API, is back online (but more like a passion project for […]
- Zhenguo Zhang's Blog https://fortune9.netlify.app/2026/05/30/r-position-legend-inside-plot/ – By default, ggplot2 places the legend outside the plot area (usually on the right). However, sometimes you may want to move the legend inside the plot to sa… Continue reading: [R] How to Position the Legend Inside a Plot in ggplot2
- Three hundred seventy-six of the new packages submitted to CRAN in April were still there in mid-May. Here are my Top 40 picks in twenty-three categories: Actuarial Analysis, Archaeology, Biology, Causal Inference, Computational Methods, Ecology… Continue reading: April 2026 Top 40 New CRAN Packages
- Learn how to write Then steps that assert outcomes without coupling to implementation. Build custom testthat expectations and keep your BDD assertions at the right level. Continue reading: Behavior-Driven Development in R Shiny: Asserting Outcomes with Then Steps
- Join us in Turku The Tidyomics community is organising a hackathon during the pre-conference programme of EuroBioC2026 in Turku, Finland. The hackathon will take place on June 1-2, 2026, ahead of the main EuroBioC2026 conference on June 3-5, 20… Continue reading: EuroBioC2026 Tidyomics Hackathon
- I’ve been using Unix and Linux systems for nearly 20 years. When I found myself with a Windows laptop for a while I felt lost and quickly installed Windows Subsystem for Linux. And yet the number of commands I know and use regularly is surprisingly short: cd, ls, rm, pwd, … Continue reading: Ghost in […]
- Dear rOpenSci friends, it’s time for our monthly news roundup! You can read this post on our blog. Now let’s dive into the activity at and around rOpenSci! rOpenSci HQ 15 Years of rOpenSci, and we’re just getting started 🎉 This y… Continue reading: rOpenSci News Digest, May 2026
- After a couple of big seasons survivoR v2.3.12 has been updated with US50 and AU12. Get it on: As of […] The post survivoR now includes US50 and AU12 appeared first on Dan Oehm | Gradient Descending. Continue reading: survivoR now includes US50 and AU12
- Learn how to write When steps that describe user actions without leaking implementation details. Build a clean DSL that survives UI refactors and keeps specifications readable. Continue reading: Behavior-Driven Development in R Shiny: Modeling User Behavior with When Steps
- Introduction In my previous job my work computer was a Windows desktop – yes, those were the days before laptops and hotdesking! My PhD student was interested in Bayesian methods and we put together an R package which included some Stan models. … Continue reading: Speeding up Stan model builds for R package developers
The 8 Best R Programming Books in 2022
New course aims to train next generation of data scientists
“Ogihara and Bonnell chose to use R because it is attuned to statistical analysis and, by incorporating an increasingly popular collection of tools in R called tidyverse, students can easily learn how to process, wrangle, transform, and model data on their own, too.”
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How to do R-like data manipulations using Pandas?
R and Python play a crucial role in handling and manipulating the data. Many beginners find it difficult to shift from Python to R or vice-versa in such requirements. This will help the beginners to understand the differences and also help them switch in between.
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