Flipping a Hello World function on its head, assorted improvements landing in ggplot2 3.5.0, and why authoring beautiful code is so worth it. Episode Links <ul> <li>This week&#39;s curator: Jon Carroll - <a href="https://twitter.com/carroll_jono" rel="nofollow">@carroll_jono</a> (Twitter) &amp; <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@jonocarroll" rel="nofollow">@jonocarroll@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon)</li> <li><a href="https://yjunechoe.github.io/posts/2024-02-20-helloworld-print/" rel="nofollow">HelloWorld(“print”)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2024/02/ggplot2-3-5-0/" rel="nofollow">ggplot2 3.5.0</a></li> <li><a href="https://ropensci.org/blog/2024/02/22/beautiful-code/" rel="nofollow">Beautiful Code, Because We’re Worth It!</a></li> <li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2024-W09.html" rel="nofollow">rweekly.org/2024-W09</a></li> </ul> Supplement Resources <ul> <li>lazygit - Simple terminal UI for git commands <a href="https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit</a></li> <li>Advanced R - Expressions <a href="https://adv-r.hadley.nz/expressions.html" rel="nofollow">https://adv-r.hadley.nz/expressions.html</a></li> <li>Jenny Bryan&#39;s talk on code smells and feels <a href="https://github.com/jennybc/code-smells-and-feels" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/jennybc/code-smells-and-feels</a></li> </ul> Supporting the show <ul> <li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact" rel="nofollow">https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li> <li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" rel="nofollow">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" rel="nofollow">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li> <li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" rel="nofollow">https://value4value.info</a> </li> <li>Get in touch with us on social media <ul> <li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" rel="nofollow">@theRcast</a> (Twitter) and <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" rel="nofollow">@rpodcast@podcastindex.social</a> (Mastodon)</li> <li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" rel="nofollow">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (Twitter) and <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" rel="nofollow">@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon)</li> </ul></li> </ul> Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" rel="nofollow">OCRemix</a> <ul> <li>Everybody Wants to Rule the Wisps - Sonic Colors - The Good Ice - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04368" rel="nofollow">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR04368</a></li> <li>You Are Not Confined - Final Fantasy IX - Sonicade - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064" rel="nofollow">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01064</a></li> </ul>

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