Issue 2026-W19 Highlights

If Shiny wasn't awesome enough, a new toolkit is bringing the awesome to new heights! Plus a handful of ggplot2 functions that can immediate impact common visualization operations, and knitr gains support for a much-hyped typesetting format for the static document crowd. Episode Links This week's curator: Eric Nantz: @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) & @rpodcast.bsky.social (BlueSky) & @theRcast (X/Twitter) Announcing shiny.webawesome: a web UI package for R/Shiny Five ggplot2 functions I wish I’d known about earlier Preliminary Support for Typst in knitr Issue available at rweekly.org/2026-W19 Supplement Resources Add links discussed in the episode (in place of this sentence) {shiny.webawesome} documentation https://www.shiny-webawesome.org Web Awesome: The Web's Open Source Design System https://webawesome.com {lemon} Freshen up your ggplots https://github.com/stefanedwards/lemon ligt.js Miscellaneous lightweight tools and utilities in JavaScript https://github.com/yihui/lite.js/blob/main/js/pages.js R 4.6.0 binary transition https://github.com/eddelbuettel/R-4.6.0-binary-transition Exploring and Learning Quantum Computing Part 1 https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/qc1/ Mike's talk "Fully Reproducible Model Validation Reports Using Docker, R, Quarto, {renv} and {targets}" https://youtube.com/watch?v=hRIbxv516hY Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact 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: https://value4value.info 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 Moonlight Vibin - Megaman X5 - DCT - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02053 Countdown to Infinity - Megaman X: Maverick Rising - WillRocky - https://maverick.ocremix.org/music.php