In this episode of R Weekly Highlights we hear from industry experts on how they choose a programming language for their projects, a big boost to the use of copilot for building your next Shiny app, and the learning journey of a new R user.
Episode Links
* This week's curator: Sam Parmar - @parmsam@fosstodon.org (Mastodon) & @parmsam_ (X/Twitter) * Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers * Reliable Shiny Code with Copilot and Posit’s VS Code Extension * My Journey Learning R as a Humanities Undergrad * Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2025-W18

Supplement Resources
* R for Data Science 2nd Edition https://r4ds.hadley.nz/ * Data Science Learning Community https://dslc.io/ * IssueTrackeR https://tanguybarthelemy.github.io/IssueTrackeR * 3MW (Scalable reporting with Quarto) https://3mw.albert-rapp.de/p/scalable-reporting-with-quarto

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Music credits powered by OCRemix
* Secrets Abound - Final Fantasy - Midgarian Sky - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452 * Voodoo, Roots 'n Grog - The Secret of Monkey Island - Alex Jones, Diggi Dis - https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180