Issue 2024-W09 Highlights

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

• This week's curator: Jon Carroll - @carroll_jono (Twitter) & @jonocarroll@fosstodon.org (Mastodon)
• HelloWorld(“print”)
• ggplot2 3.5.0
• Beautiful Code, Because We’re Worth It!
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W09

Supplement Resources

• lazygit - Simple terminal UI for git commands https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit
• Advanced R - Expressions https://adv-r.hadley.nz/expressions.html
• Jenny Bryan's talk on code smells and feels https://github.com/jennybc/code-smells-and-feels

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