Issue 2025-W21 Highlights

Have you wanted a chance to rewrite your own history? With Git, you certainly can! We learn that and other amazing tips to supercharge your version control skills. Plus a promising new package to let your Shiny app users make the call on their preferred layouts, and how mocking is not something to dread when you build unit tests interacting with external services. Episode Links This week's curator: Jon Calder - @jonmcalder@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @jonmcalder (X/Twitter) Hack your way to a good Git history (SLC-RUG May) ( slides ) Introducing dockViewR 0.1.0: a layout manager for R and Shiny. Mock Them All: Simulate to Better Test with testthat Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W21 Supplement Resources {saperpolette} Exercises (playgrounds) to go with oh (****) Git and beyond, for R users No code data analysis with {blockr} (R/Pharma 2024 Workshop) Prototype Shiny apps in Excalidraw with Shinydraw Multi-language pipelines with rixpress R/Medicine 2025 Fonts in R Supporting the show Use the contact page at to send us your feedback R-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: Get 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 OCRemix Dovahkiin in Jamaica- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim - M Benson, Ben Cureton - Crysis Crystal - Megaman 9: Back in Blue - k-wix -

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This episode was published on May 23, 2025.

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