What’s New in R: September 21, 2026

September 21, 2026

Welcome to this week's edition of What's New in R! This week, we're featuring the Quarto 1.10 release and its improved accessibility checking, a package for making really interesting maps with simple syntax, and the highlights from Positron's August release. Let's dive in!Quarto 1.10 Charlotte Wickham walks through what's new in Quarto 1.10, which brings a number of smaller fixes along with one thing I really like: easier accessibility checking. The accessibility checker now works offline,...

What’s New in R: September 14, 2026

September 14, 2026

Welcome to this week's edition of What's New in R! This week, we're featuring a package that adds tinting and shading aesthetics to your ggplot2 charts, a tool that reviews your code quality in a single report, and the second edition of a beloved book on statistical inference with R. Let's dive in!ggtintshade The {ggtintshade} package by William Kumler extends {ggplot2} so you can map the tint or shade of a color to an aesthetic, in addition to its hue. Why is that useful? It lets you...

What’s New in R: September 8, 2026

September 8, 2026

Welcome to this week's edition of What's New in R! This week, we're featuring a book on crafting beautiful slides with Quarto and Reveal.js, a side-by-side reference for translating between data manipulation styles in R and Python, and a new package for making poster-worthy maps of your favorite city. Let's dive in!Slidecrafting ‍Emil Hvitfeldt has written a whole book on slidecrafting: making functional and beautiful Quarto Reveal.js presentations. It goes into great detail across theming...