UQRUG 68

Overview: Positron
Questions: …

Topic: Positron

• Positron website
• Report Positron issues on GitHub
• Recording of the presentation

Script written during the presentation:

#### Introducing Positron ####

num1 <- 42
# Ctrl + Enter: run from script
# Alt + -: assignment operator

# Ctrl + Shift + M: pipe
my_nums <- 2.345 |> 
  round(digits = 2) |> 
  rep.int(10)

# F1: help pages

# define a function
greeter <- function (name) {
  paste("Hello", name, "!")
}

greeter("Nick")

# some things still don't work as well: this opens in a separate window
data()
# also: no "Packages" tab to manage and install them

# load some data
library(ggplot2)
data(msleep)
msleep

# plot
p <- ggplot(msleep, aes(sleep_total, sleep_rem, colour = vore)) +
  geom_point()
p

# interactive
library(plotly)
ggplotly(p)

#### headings do work! ####

#### command palette ####

# ctrl + shift + P

# integrates Git and Quarto!

Attendees

Name	Where are you from?	What brings you here?
Clarissa	APS (Canberra)	Keep up to date with R
Cameron	Library / SMP	Learn and help a little
Sandhya	SMP
Nick	Library	Here to help and learn
Steph	Library	Here to help and present