svglite produces compact, web-optimized SVG graphics from R, with smaller file sizes and faster rendering than base R’s svg() device
Announcing the first Shiny Developer Conference at Stanford, January 2016, for developers ready to build performant, robust Shiny apps
roxygen2 5.0.0 adds RoxygenNote for version tracking, easier package documentation, and support for documenting re-exported functions
readr 0.2.0 adds locales for international data (encodings, date formats, decimal marks), comment support, and CSV/TSV writers
testthat 0.11.0 adds expect_silent() for checking no output/warnings, skip_on_os() and skip_on_appveyor(), plus random encouragement
Introducing purrr: functional programming tools for R with map functions, formula shortcuts for anonymous functions, and list manipulation
rvest 0.3.0 switches to xml2 for better performance and no memory leaks. html() becomes read_html(), html_tag() becomes html_name()
tidyr 0.3.0 adds fill() for carrying forward values, replace_na(), complete() for missing combinations, and unnest() for list columns
devtools 1.9.1 adds remote dependencies via DESCRIPTION’s Remotes field, improved GitHub integration, and better revdep_check()
dplyr 0.4.3 fixes mutate() crashes, improves non-ASCII column support, shows column types when printing, and adds bind_rows(.id)
New R Markdown articles section launched with tips for Word output: styles, margins, tables, and bibliographies
Article spotlight: Dean Attali explains how to save Shiny app data to local files, databases, and cloud storage for persistence
RStudio joins the new R Consortium alongside Microsoft, Google, and Oracle to fund and inspire R’s future development
Create interactive web maps in R with leaflet: markers, polygons, popups, GeoJSON support, and seamless Shiny integration
DT brings DataTables to R: sortable, filterable, paginated HTML tables with column formatting and Shiny integration
d3heatmap creates interactive heat maps with D3.js: zoom by dragging, highlight rows/columns on click, hover to see values
New free Shiny video tutorial (2.5 hours) and updated cheat sheet covering app architecture, reactivity, inputs, layouts, and CSS
Shiny 0.12 adds interactive plots for base graphics and ggplot2: capture mouse clicks, hovers, and brushes to select points
testthat 0.10.0 improves R CMD check output, adds skip_if_not_installed(), and soft-deprecates expect_that() style
Guest tutorial: Get started with SparkR for distributed computing—install locally, run map/reduce operations, and deploy on AWS
devtools 1.8 adds use_git(), use_test(), dr_devtools(), and better dependency management with package_deps()
stringr 1.0.0 is now powered by stringi for faster performance and better unicode. Adds str_subset(), boundary(), and locale-aware sorting
xml2 wraps libxml2 for easy XML/HTML parsing in R: navigate trees, extract nodes with XPath, and handle namespaces
readxl reads both.xls and.xlsx files with no external dependencies. Fast, handles dates, and auto-drops blank columns
dygraphs brings interactive time series charts to R: pan, zoom, highlight, annotate, and embed in R Markdown or Shiny
Introducing readr: read CSV, TSV, and fixed-width files 10x faster than base R, with automatic type detection and no stringsAsFactors
New Shiny article: five design patterns for action buttons using observeEvent() and eventReactive()
New ggplot2 cheatsheet covering geoms, stats, scales, facets, and themes—plus Spanish translations of other cheatsheets
New devtools cheatsheet for building R packages: structure, DESCRIPTION, roxygen docs, tests, and vignettes—plus Chinese translations
haven reads SAS, SPSS, and Stata files into R, including SAS7BDAT and Stata 13 formats, with labelled variable support
Epoch.com sponsors RMySQL development, enabling improved build systems and CRAN binaries for all platforms
Shiny 0.11 migrates to Bootstrap 3, adds improved sliders, passwordInput(), observeEvent(), plus new shinythemes and shinydashboard packages
RMySQL 0.10.0 adds CRAN binaries for Windows/Mac, transaction support, and DBI 0.3 compatibility
ggplot2 hits 1.0.0—a mature, stable release. Second edition of the ggplot2 book is in progress
dplyr 0.4.0 adds full SQL-style joins, bind_rows/bind_cols, data_frame(), list-columns, and improved printing
Introducing htmlwidgets: bring JavaScript visualization libraries to R. Works in console, R Markdown, and Shiny
httr 0.6.0 adds handle_reset(), streaming with write_stream(), custom HTTP verbs, and Google OAuth2 service accounts
Jeff Allen covers the differences between Open Source Shiny Server and the Shiny Server Professional product from RStudio
Jeff Allen talks about recent R Markdown changes in a webinar from RStudio
tidyr 0.2.0 adds expand() for filling missing combinations, unnest() for list-columns, and better separate() control
magrittr 1.5 adds functional sequences (define functions with pipes), lambda syntax with braces, and %T>%, %$%, %<>% operators
Introducing rvest: scrape web data with CSS selectors or XPath, extract text/tables, and navigate sites with sessions
New 8-hour video course from RStudio and O’Reilly covering R programming, data manipulation, visualization, and modeling
RSQLite 1.0.0 cleans up the API, adds initExtension() for useful functions, and improves transaction handling
ggvis 0.4 adds layer_boxplots(), better error handling, and more reliable interactive graphics with dynamic data
dplyr 0.3 adds distinct(), slice(), rename(), transmute(), count(), data_frame(), flexible joins, and set operations
Shiny 0.10.2 adds single-file apps (app.R), progress bars, IE 8/9 file uploads, and upgrades DataTables to 1.10
devtools 1.6 improves install_github(), adds session_info(), and introduces use_data(), use_testthat(), use_travis() helpers
testthat 0.9 adds skip() and skip_on_cran(), describe() for BDD-style tests, with_mock() for mocking, and reference comparisons
New article: track visitors and usage patterns in your Shiny apps using Google Analytics and jQuery
Packrat 0.4.1 hits CRAN with local repository support, experimental package caching, and Windows improvements
httr 0.5 adds write_disk() to save response bodies directly to disk, plus preliminary HTTP caching support
New R Markdown cheat sheet: render reports to PDF, HTML, or Word, embed R code, and create interactive documents
Shiny 0.10.1 adds full Unicode support on Windows, ‘user/repo’ syntax for runGitHub(), and inline output options
httr 0.4 adds quick start and API package vignettes, headers()/cookies() extractors, encode argument, and progress bars
Four new data packages: babynames, fueleconomy, nasaweather, and nycflights13—large datasets for learning data analysis
Introducing tidyr: reshape messy data with gather() (wide to long), separate() (split columns), and spread() (long to wide)
Packrat 0.4 adds automatic snapshots, bundle/unbundle for sharing, on/off mode, and RStudio IDE integration
New Shiny Dev Center articles: create interactive documents and slideshows by embedding Shiny in R Markdown
New Shiny cheat sheet: quick reference for app structure, reactive foundations, layouts, and deployment
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