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What’s New in R: June 2, 2025

Welcome to this week’s edition of ​What’s New in R​! This week, we’re featuring an overview of the Positron code editor, a comprehensive directory of R packages, and a video on creating interactive plots. Let’s dive in!

Positron IDE doing Data Analysis with R (Public Beta)

In this informative YouTube video, James Balamuta gives an overview of the Positron editor. This editor, designed by the folks at Posit and released publicly last summer, has a lot of great features. If you’re considering switching over to it, this video will give you a nice overview of how it works.

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R Packages Documentation

R-Packages.io is a comprehensive directory that lists thousands of R packages, making it easier for users to discover new tools and libraries. Whether you’re looking for packages to enhance your data analysis, visualization, or statistical modeling, this directory is an invaluable resource for expanding your R toolkit.

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How to automatically create Quarto revealjs themes using Generative AI

In this video, Melissa Van Bussel shows how you can use Generative AI to help you create a theme for your slides made with Quarto. Melissa created a Shiny app to assist with this process, and the video shows how you can use it to help make great-looking slides.

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David Keyes
By David Keyes
June 2, 2025

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