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Dr. UGearing up for the Traffic Flow Dynamics book club with a work-in-progress carfollowing Python package and reproducing figures from the book.
Interested in participating in the book club? Register here: https://forms.gle/g3ZmqLH4sgZqqhFd9
Harald KlinkePositron 2026.03.0 is out — and it’s getting seriously good for real data workflows.
✨ Reliable step-by-step execution in R (finally!)
📄 Built-in PDF viewer (no more context switching)
📓 Notebook editor evolving: interactive data grids, better cell control, Jupyter-like UX
This is moving beyond “just an IDE” → toward an integrated data + analysis environment.
https://positron.posit.co/release-notes.html
#rstats #datascience #positron #quarto #ai
Johan LarssonPanache, a language server, formatter, and linter for #Pandoc, #Quarto and #R #Markdown files is now also available for #VScode and related editors like #positron See https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=jolars.panache or https://open-vsx.org/extension/jolars/panache.
Since I last posted about #Panache, it has also grown considerably, now featuring full-fledged bibliography management for Quarto projects, table formatting, code chunk formatting, and various LSP features.
Learn more at https://github.com/jolars/panache
Daniel 🕹️Nice integrated PDF viewer in the latest version of #Positron from @[email protected]! Now expand this to image files, too :-)
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Dr. Dan KillamFor over a month I have been using #positron. In most cases it is pretty much living the dream of working with R and Python from the same directory simultaneously! I like how it handles Git. I also now have the full universe of VS Code extensions available! There are some little things that Rstudio still handles better. For example, some piped tidyverse code does not carry indents to the next line correctly for some reason. It can be used to develop shiny apps honestly easier than Rstudio, but it doesn't have the convenient shinyapps.io publishing GUI (I think?). I haven't done rMarkdown work with it yet, so I can't say whether they've achieved feature parity there. But it sure is convenient being able to work in both languages from one IDE!
Julia SilgeThe #Positron team has a new blog! ✨
Check out the first post, about a talk I recently gave for R-Ladies Abuja, and subscribe via email or RSS feed to stay up to date:
https://positron.posit.co/blog/posts/2026-03-05-outgrow-your-laptop/
Essi Parentdata science folks, give #Positron a try. It’s thoughtfully built, and #Quarto support is excellent. It has replaced VSCode, Jupyter and LaTeX in my workflow. https://positron.posit.co/
GeoeconomicsCould we get that #julialang thang for #positron already?
I just want to experience it in a warm, comfortable space that I’m familiar with, and that has a better DS-vibe than standard VS Code.
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