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) & @tonyelhabr@skrimmage.com (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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