data.table Community Team

Side note from @kellybodwin.com - as @healthandstats.bsky.social can attest, I told them that the typical pronunciation is "data table" and that I'm the weird one for saying "data dot table"!

But... looks like my version has stuck... oops. 😜

data.table - NumFOCUS Thanks to the flexibility of its underlying rendering engine, WWT is used in projects ranging from astrophysics research to education, public outreach, and simply sharing the wonder of the universe.

Link here: numfocus.org/project/data...

#rdatatable #opensource

Huge news from us today: data.table is now a @numfocus.bsky.social sponsored project!!!

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94 - Reunión Grupo de R: Jueves 27 de febrero de 2025, Thu, Feb 27, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup **Nota:** La presentación será en inglés. Reunión presencial y online. *** **Title:** Using and contributing to the data.table package for efficient big data analysis *

Friends near Madrid, check out this upcoming #rdatatable event!

A Zoom option is also available, if you want to join from afar.

www.meetup.com/grupo...

(Presentation will be in English.)

Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R!

stata2r.github.io

#RStats {dbi.table}: Database Queries Using 'data.table' Syntax
Query database tables over a 'DBI' connection using 'data.table' syntax. Attach database schemas to the search path. Automatically merge using FK constraints. Supports DuckDB!

Looks interesting! […]

Code in R to answer day 1 part 2 of the Advent of Code

I used the collapse package to get my answer for day 1, part 2 #rstats #AdventofCode

I'm gonna try to do at least some #adventofcode in #rdatatable this year!

(Spoiler for Day One in second post here... the whole solution fits in a single post! 😱)

GitHub - Rdatatable/data.table: R's data.table package extends data.frame: R's data.table package extends data.frame:. Contribute to Rdatatable/data.table development by creating an account on GitHub.

Finally: If you're interested in getting more involved in the development of #rdatatable itself, we welcome new contributors!

github.com/Rdatatable/d...

We have a new governance document and development process, with more great infrastructure and community building steps on the horizon. 💛

🧵 fin.

We especially welcome submissions of packages for the "Seal of Approval" (yuk yuk) - an official, dev team approved list of packages that relate to #rdatatable

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/pos...

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Second, we welcome guest posts to our blog, The Raft.

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/

Feel free to PR the Github or email us at rdatatable@gmail.

github.com/rdatatable-c...

(Fun Fact: a Raft is a group of sea lions, the official mascot of #rdatatable!) 🦭

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First and foremost, let's talk 💵.

We have great funding opportunities for travel over the next couple years! If you're thinking of submitting an #rdatatable related talk, apply to be an "Ambassador" and have your trip covered:

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/pos...

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I promise we're not spammy! We mostly just post when there are new announcements about #rdatatable, or new blog posts, or to boost other people's data.table related stuff.

Want to get involved? We'd love to have you! Read on...

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Hey y'all,

Since the #rstats clan seems to migrating in force, just thought I'd re-introduce this account.

It's run by @kellybodwin.bsky.social on behalf of the #rdatatable NSF grant project - read more here:

rdatatable-community.github.io/The-Raft/pos...

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Check out the latest package to be granted the Seal of Approval: {collapse} by Sebastian Krantz!

{collapse} is a partner package, that implements various data transformation and statistical analysis tasks using ultra fast C/C++ implementations.

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🦭 Are you a data.table fan, or maybe just data.table curious?
🇦🇹 Are you attending #useR2024?
🎁 Do you like free stuff?

Come grab dinner with us at 18:30 on Tuesday at the Tracks & Tastes Cafe (maps.app.goo.gl/xwKJ...) - and try out some package contributions!

Next stop: #useR2024 @user-conf.bsky.social in Salzburg, Austria 🇦🇹

👩‍🏫 A full day data.table workshop from Paola and Elio
🦭 Talks from Tyson, Kelly, and Doris about #rdatatable and the NSF grant
🍸 A community happy hour and dev sprint, with raffle giveaways

Stay tuned!
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Kicking off an exciting 2024 Summer Conference Season today with a little teaser lightning talk by @kellybodwin.bsky.social at #SDSS2024 ⚡

Slides 👇
kbodwin.github.io/20...

(At SDSS? Find me at the poster sesh for hex stickers and maybe other goodies!)

So much more to come....
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data.table Community | LinkedIn data.table Community | Dedicated to growing the {data.table} ecosystem

We're on LinkedIn now! Join us if that's your jam:

www.linkedin.com/com...

#rdatatable
#joinALLthesocials

Assigning values to columns looks and feels different in {data.table} compared to base R data frames.

Why, and how does this make {data.table} so much faster? 🤔

Toby breaks it down for us in the latest Tips & Tricks blog post:

🔗 rdatatable-community...

#rstats #rdatatable

Hey friends, remember that data.table Community Survey from a couple months ago? 💭

📊 The results are in! 📊

Check it out here👇
rdatatable-community...

Huge thanks to Aljaž Sluga for designing the survey and summarizing the results! 💛 🦭

💬 "I would like to use data.table but I prefer a pipeline workflow"

Is this you? You're in luck!

Check out Elio Campitelli's guest blog on The Raft about how to pipe in data.table:

🔗 rdatatable-community...

#rstats #rdatatable #datascience

We have our first new data.table feature release in years! 🎉🎉🎉

🔗 Blog post about the process and the new release: https://bit.ly/3Owg0c6

Huge thanks to all the hard working open-source devs who came together to make this happen. 💛

#rstats #datascience #rdatatable
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🚀 Houston, we have a governance document! 🚀

The data.table developers community has come together to define new roles, norms, and procedures for maintaining the data.table package:

🔗 https://bit.ly/49p6SOm

and, it's already been put to work, because...
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Exciting announcement: We have awarded our first ever {data.table} Amabassador Travel Grant to the incomparable Jan Gorecki! 🍊

👏👏👏

🔗 Details here: https://bit.ly/3HT7aRS

🔗 Sign up here to watch his sponsored talk this Thursday: bit.ly/SevillaR_data...

⏳ Only one week left to fill out the Community Survey for #rdatatable!!!

Get on it, #rstats friends - we want to know how we can best direct all our work in growing data.table to support you. 💛💛💛

🔗 tinyurl.com/datatabl...

📆 Friendly reminder that the #rdatatable #rstats Community Survey is only open for another month!

🔗 tinyurl.com/datatabl...

Make your voice heard and help guide the growth of the ecosystem. 💛

New post up on The Raft: Announcing our Travel Awards for #rdatatable Ambassadors! 🌏 ✈️ 🤝🏽

Check it out and apply for a $2700 stipend to fund YOUR data.table related talk.

👀 👀 👀

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Shoutout to the learners at the #rdatatable workshop at LatinR Conference today!

🧑🏻‍💻🇺🇾 ¡Espero que aprendan mucho! 🇺🇾 👩🏽‍💻