RStudio 1.3 Sneak Preview

RStudio 1.3, currently available as a preview release, includes a number of new capabilities that will help you be more productive in R. It's also more configurable, accessible, and flexible. In this talk, you'll learn to take advantage of these new tools.

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1. RStudio 1.3 SNEAK PREVIEW rstd.io/preview
2. Release Goals
3. Release Goals Accessibility Productivity Configurability
4. Accessibility
5. RStudio's mission is to create free and open-source software for data science, scientific research, and technical communication. We do this to enhance the production and consumption of knowledge by everyone, regardless of economic means, and to facilitate collaboration and reproducible research, both of which are critical to the integrity and efficacy of work in science, education, government, and industry.
6. What's new? • Targeting WCAG 2.1 Level AA • Compatibility with popular screen readers (JAWS, NVDA, VoiceOver) • Annotations, landmarks, navigation, etc. • Focus management and visibility • Keyboard navigation • Contrast ratios
7. Compliance vs. Accessibility
8. Navigation/Annotation
10. Text Editing
11. Interactive REPL
12. 1.2 1.3
13. Don't use a screen reader? • Dramatically improved keyboard usability • Easier to read UI (contrast ratios) • See where keyboard focus lies • No more tab traps • More community and inclusion!
14. Productivity
15. Spell Check • A little awkward to use • No real-time feedback • Have to remember to run it • No one could find it!
16. Spell Check: Now Real-time checking (as you type) Preloaded dictionary Right-click for suggestions
17. Works on comments, too
18. Global Replace • Builds on Find in Files • Replace everything you found with a new string • Supports regular expressions • Real-time preview
19. iPad OS 13 x RStudio 1.3 • Better together! • Arrow keys work in editor • Ctrl-based keyboard shortcuts work • Keyboard shortcuts for moving splitters • Escape key works, with Ctrl+] as fallback
20. Auto Save Crash Handling Shiny Background Jobs Auto Idle Signout Large File Uploads Startup Diagnostics Configurable Logging Tutorials
21. Configurability
24. Goals • Scriptable • Sharable • Versionable • Backuppable
25. What's configurable? • Every preference you can set in Global Options • All editor and workbench keybindings • Snippets for all languages • Custom color themes • Spelling dictionaries • Templates for new files of any type
26. Where does it live? • Single parent folder for all config • Per-user: ~/.config/rstudio (AppData/Roaming/ rstudio on Windows) • For all users on RStudio Server: /etc/rstudio • Compliant with XDG standard (can change location with environment variables)
27. ~/.config/rstudio Every RStudio setting Themes I've installed New file templates
28. RStudio Desktop Pro
29. R RStudio Desktop Pro RStudio 1.2
30. R RStudio Desktop Pro RStudio 1.3 RStudio Server Pro
31. Best of Both Worlds Start from dock/taskbar OS integration Native window management Access to compute & memory Access to configured environments Long-running sessions
32. RStudio Desktop Pro RStudio 1.3 RStudio Server Pro Launcher R
35. Server you're connected to Multiple R versions and sessions
36. Configure multiple RStudio Server Pro instances Select an instance to connect to when you open RStudio
37. Launch remote jobs from your local desktop
38. One more thing...
40. Available Today rstd.io/preview