Issue 2023-W42 Highlights

Another collection of package testing workflow nuggets you can make great use of today, the definitive guide to effective use of logging in Shiny applications from the recent Shiny in Production conference, and a cautionary tale of the potential impact of default function arguments in your downstream analytical pipelines.

Episode Links

This week's curator: Tony Elhabr - @TonyElHabr (Twitter) & @[email protected] (Mastodon)
Two recent enhancements to my testing workflow
Shiny In Production 2023: Effective Logging in Shiny
Note to self: be aware of functions with default arguments
Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2023-W42

Supplement Resources

testthat 3.2.0 https://www.tidyverse.org/blog/2023/10/testthat-3-2-0/
lazytest - Runs only failed tests https://github.com/cynkra/lazytest
Effective logging in Shiny GH repository https://github.com/tanho63/talk_shinyprod2023_logging
shinymetrics https://shinymetrics.com
Shiny In Production 2023: Anatomy of a Shiny app
Shiny in Production 2023: Dynamic annotations: 10 tips for better text

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