Sharon Machlis
Executive Editor, Data & Analytics
Sharon Machlis is Director of Editorial Data & Analytics at IDG, where she works on analyzing data (both for IDG Enterprise Web sites and journalism projects) and in-house editor tools in addition to writing and editing. Her tech interests include data visualization and analysis as well as the intersection of journalism and technology. She holds an Extra class amateur radio license and is currently somewhat obsessed with R. Her book Practical R for Mass Communication and Journalism was published in December 2018.
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shinytest2, Rhino R Shiny framework top news at Appsilon conference
An updated Shiny testing package and new Shiny framework were featured at this week's Shiny conference.
Easier ggplot with ggcharts in R
Create R data visualizations with a few lines of simple code thanks to the ggcharts R package. Plus, the resulting charts and graphs are customizable ggplot objects.
How to create PowerPoint slides from R
Learn how to generate PowerPoint slides straight from an R Markdown document. Plus, create interactive HTML slides in R with the xaringan package.
Astonishingly easy mapping in R with mapview
Create interactive maps of GIS data with tooltips, hover text, and legends in one short and simple line of code. Plus get extras like side-by-side sliders and multiple maps in sync.
Send Outlook email and Teams messages with R
The Microsoft365R package makes it easy to connect R with Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Let’s start with Outlook and Teams.
Never look up tidyr’s pivot_wider or pivot_longer again!
Love tidyr but can never remember exactly how pivot_wider and pivot_longer work? With RStudio code snippets, you can write a snippet once and always have a fill-in-the-blank code template at your fingertips.
Easy racing bar charts in R with ddplot
You won’t believe how easy it is to create animated bar charts in the R programming language to show rankings over time.
Easy interactive ggplot graphs in R with ggiraph
See how easy it is to create interactive web graphs from ggplot2 visualizations with the ggiraph R package. You can even link graphs so that clicking one dataviz affects the display of another.
How to run R in Visual Studio Code
If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.
How to use R with BigQuery
See how to use R to query data in Google BigQuery with the bigrquery and dplyr R packages.