Issue 2025-W34 Highlights

In episode 210 of the R Weekly Highlights podcast: The Positron IDE has officially been released after two years of intense development, and we share what excites us the most. Plus a new tool in your Shiny testing toolbox to bridge the gap between server-side and dynamic updating the user interface, and an entry point to making that URL of your Shiny app set inputs on the fly, a topic one of your hosts has been investigating for quite some time! Episode Links This week's curator: Colin Fay - @colinfay@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @colinfay.bsky.social (Bluesky) & @_ColinFay (X/Twitter) Announcing Positron, a new Data Science IDE {shinytesters}: Updating Inputs in testServer Adding Shiny app’s parameters to the URL Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W34 Supplement Resources The Test Set Podcast Continue extension shinytesters getting started vignette Eric's shinystate R package 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 Cliff the Great Crusader - Suikoden - Trenthian - Brinstar Bonsai Garden - Super Metroid - Red Tailed Fox -

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Issue 2025-W34 Highlights is an episode from R Weekly Highlights by Eric Nantz.

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This episode was published on Aug 22, 2025.

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