In episode 210 of the R Weekly Highlights podcast: The Positron IDE has officially been released after two years of intense development, and we share what excites us the most. Plus a new tool in your Shiny testing toolbox to bridge the gap between server-side and dynamic updating the user interface, and an entry point to making that URL of your Shiny app set inputs on the fly, a topic one of your hosts has been investigating for quite some time!Episode Links<ul><li>This week's curator: Colin Fay - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@colinfay" target="_blank">@colinfay@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon) & <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/colinfay.bsky.social" target="_blank">@colinfay.bsky.social</a> (Bluesky) & <a href="https://twitter.com/_ColinFay" target="_blank">@_ColinFay</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://posit.co/blog/positron-product-announcement-aug-2025/" target="_blank">Announcing Positron, a new Data Science IDE</a></li><li><a href="https://ashbaldry.github.io/2025-08-10-shinytesters-0-1-0-release/" target="_blank">{shinytesters}: Updating Inputs in testServer</a></li><li><a href="https://pacha.dev/blog/2025/08/10/" target="_blank">Adding Shiny app’s parameters to the URL</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W34.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W34</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<ul><li>The Test Set Podcast <a href="https://posit.co/thetestset/" target="_blank">https://posit.co/thetestset/</a></li><li>Continue extension <a href="https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue" target="_blank">https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=Continue.continue</a></li><li>shinytesters getting started vignette <a href="https://ashbaldry.github.io/shinytesters/articles/shinytesters.html" target="_blank">https://ashbaldry.github.io/shinytesters/articles/shinytesters.html</a></li><li>Eric's shinystate R package <a href="https://github.com/rpodcast/shinystate" target="_blank">https://github.com/rpodcast/shinystate</a></li></ul>Supporting the show<ul><li>Use the contact page at <a href="https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact" target="_blank">https://serve.podhome.fm/custompage/r-weekly-highlights/contact</a> to send us your feedback</li><li><a href="https://podcastindex.org/podcast/1062040" target="_blank">R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org</a> - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with <a href="https://getalby.com/" target="_blank">Alby</a>, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index.</li><li>A new way to think about value: <a href="https://value4value.info" target="_blank">https://value4value.info</a></li><li>Get in touch with us on social media<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@rpodcast@podcastindex.social</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/rpodcast.bsky.social" target="_blank">@rpodcast.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky) and <a href="https://twitter.com/theRcast" target="_blank">@theRcast</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li>Mike Thomas: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@mike_thomas" target="_blank">@mike_thomas@fosstodon.org</a> (Mastodon), <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/mike-thomas.bsky.social" target="_blank">@mike-thomas.bsky.social</a> (BlueSky), and <a href="https://twitter.com/mike_ketchbrook" target="_blank">@mike_ketchbrook</a> (X/Twitter)&nbsp;</li></ul></li></ul>Music credits powered by <a href="https://ocremix.org/" target="_blank">OCRemix</a><ul><li>Cliff the Great Crusader - Suikoden - Trenthian - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01268" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01268</a></li><li>Brinstar Bonsai Garden - Super Metroid - Red Tailed Fox - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01473" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR01473</a></li></ul>

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