Creating 30 maps for the 30 Day Map Challenge in November 2021 was indeed a challenge, but over the course of the month I developed a process for approaching the problem. This blog post will focus on the thought process behind creating maps rather than the technical aspects of writing the code.
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In line with the continuous growth at Jumping Rivers, we are looking to expand our team of dedicated professionals working in our teams. If you are enthusiastic and keen to develop your skills in cutting edge data science disciplines or infrastructure please read on!
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Our annual training review is back! Like many other training providers, we had to pivot to online learning in 2020, which brought with it challenges but also new opportunities. The review will show you what the year looked like for our trainers and training course attendees, including which trainer taught the most courses!
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In 2020, GitHub took the correct decision to change the default branch from master to main. For single, independent repositories, this is relatively straightforward. But moving groups or organisations is more complex and requires planning.
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Learning D3.js can be pretty overwhelming as an R user. Luckily, the {r2d2} package lets you keep your data cleaning steps in R and easily incorporate any visualisation in R Markdown reports and R Shiny dashboards. This tutorial-style blog will take you through creating your first D3 visualisation with a bit of Scooby-Doo along the way.
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Apache Parquet is a column storage file format used by many Hadoop systems. This post describes what Parquet is and the tricks it uses to minimise file size. We also discuss how to use Parquet, within an R workflow.
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