What’s New in R: May 26, 2025
Welcome to this week’s edition of What’s New in R! This week, we’re featuring a workshop on creating websites with Quarto, a video tutorial on making dot density maps, and a package for more attractive visualizations of overlapping points. Let’s dive in!
Quarto website video series
The Quarto team has a comprehensive workshop on building websites using Quarto. This detailed guide walks you through the process of setting up and customizing your own website, making it accessible even for those new to web development. It’s a fantastic resource for anyone looking to showcase their R projects or personal portfolio online.
Unlock 3D Dot Density Mapping in R Today!
This video by Milos Popovic showcases how to make dot density maps in R. These maps, which cluster points to show the distribution of phenomena, can be a great tool to up your mapping game (it’s also something I teach in the newly-revised Mapping with R course).
Visualize and Analyze Your R Data (VAYR)
Alexander Coppock introduces {vayr}, a package designed to deal with overlapping points. While jittering using geom_jitter() is a common approach to deal with this problem, this package gives you other options:
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