RStudio Package Manager

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RStudio Package Manager 2021.09.0 - Capturing and Maintaining Working Repositories

September 22, 2021

This release adds new management, service, and configuration options to RStudio Package Manager. Highlights include a more versatile repository calendar, more flexibility in serving multiple binary package versions, and more options for configuring git sources.

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Low Friction Package Management in Three Parts

May 6, 2021

Successful package management strategies are usually a three-part plan with clearly delineated responsibilities between admins and data scientists.

Painful Package Management

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Painful Package Management

February 11, 2021

Data science teams are often frustrated by poorly-designed or nonexistent approaches to R and Python package management. In this post, you'll learn specifically how that pain shows up for data scientists and how to identify your organization's requirements for a better package management plan.

The Package Management Prime Directive

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The Package Management Prime Directive

February 5, 2021

Data Scientists and the IT Admins or DevOps engineers who support these platforms often face "package management" problems. Understanding and following the package management prime directive can drastically ease your organization's headaches.

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How California Uses Shiny in Production to Fight COVID-19

November 19, 2020

RStudio analyzes how the California Department of Public Health built a COVID-19 dashboard in R and Shiny that now serves millions of California citizens.

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RStudio Package Manager 1.1.2 - Windows

February 27, 2020

RStudio Package Manager 1.1.2 introduces beta support for Windows package binaries. These binaries make it easier and faster to install R packages on Windows Desktop.