In this episode of R Weekly Highlights we hear from industry experts on how they choose a programming language for their projects, a big boost to the use of copilot for building your next Shiny app, and the learning journey of a new R user.<br />Episode Links<br /><ul><li>This week's curator: Sam Parmar - <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@parmsam" target="_blank">@[email protected]</a> (Mastodon) &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/parmsam_" target="_blank">@parmsam_</a> (X/Twitter)</li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01241-6" target="_blank">Which programming language should I use? A guide for early-career researchers</a></li><li><a href="https://www.appsilon.com/post/shiny-vscode-copilot" target="_blank">Reliable Shiny Code with Copilot and Posit’s VS Code Extension</a></li><li><a href="https://www.codingthepast.com/2025/04/22/How-I-learned-R.html" target="_blank">My Journey Learning R as a Humanities Undergrad</a></li><li>Entire issue available at <a href="https://rweekly.org/2025-W18.html" target="_blank">rweekly.org/2025-W18</a></li></ul>Supplement Resources<br /><ul><li>R for Data Science 2nd Edition <a href="https://r4ds.hadley.nz/" target="_blank">https://r4ds.hadley.nz/</a></li><li>Data Science Learning Community <a href="https://dslc.io/" target="_blank">https://dslc.io/</a></li><li>IssueTrackeR <a href="https://tanguybarthelemy.github.io/IssueTrackeR" target="_blank">https://tanguybarthelemy.github.io/IssueTrackeR</a>&nbsp;</li><li>3MW (Scalable reporting with Quarto) <a href="https://3mw.albert-rapp.de/p/scalable-reporting-with-quarto" target="_blank">https://3mw.albert-rapp.de/p/scalable-reporting-with-quarto</a></li></ul>Supporting the show<br /><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<br />&nbsp;<ul><li>Eric Nantz: <a href="https://podcastindex.social/@rpodcast" target="_blank">@[email protected]</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">@[email protected]</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><br /><ul><li>Secrets Abound - Final Fantasy - Midgarian Sky - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02452</a></li><li>Voodoo, Roots 'n Grog - The Secret of Monkey Island - Alex Jones, Diggi Dis - <a href="https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180" target="_blank">https://ocremix.org/remix/OCR02180</a></li></ul>