Pointblank, GT, and Great Docs: A Tour Across R and Python

A tour of Pointblank, GT/Great Tables, and Great Docs across the R and Python ecosystems

Ensuring data quality, communicating results with polished tables, and documenting software effectively are three challenges that every life sciences data science team encounters on a regular basis. In this edition of the R/Pharma Hangout sessions, Posit software engineer Rich Iannone joins us for a wide-ranging tour of his open source work across both R and Python. Rich demonstrates {pointblank} for data validation, including a compelling new example that applies over 400 CDISC SDTM conformance rules to clinical data and produces a stakeholder-friendly report with drill-down capabilities on failed checks. He also shares the latest developments in {gt} and {great_tables} alongside his newly released free book on creating effective display tables, and closes with a preview of {great_docs} and its embedded Term Show editor, an HTML-based video editor for terminal recordings that promises to transform how we document CLI-based workflows and training materials.

Resources mentioned in the Hangout

• Pointblank: Data Validation and Organization of Metadata for Local and Remote Tables
  • R version: https://rstudio.github.io/pointblank/
  • Python version: https://posit-dev.github.io/pointblank/
• Pointblank examples for CDISC data:
  • Clinical Data Standards: https://posit-dev.github.io/pointblank/user-guide/metadata-import/cdisc-validation.html
  • Submission Conformance: https://posit-dev.github.io/pointblank/user-guide/metadata-import/cdisc-submission-conformance.html
• watcher: Watch the file system for changes https://watcher.r-lib.org/
• GT: Easily Create Presentation-Ready Display Tables https://gt.rstudio.com/
• Great Tables (Python) https://posit-dev.github.io/great-tables/
• Creating Effective Display Tables with the gt Package: https://rich-iannone.github.io/gt-effective-display-tables
• Great Docs: Documentation sites for Python packages https://posit-dev.github.io/great-docs/
• Great Docs Terminal Recordings guide https://posit-dev.github.io/great-docs/user-guide/terminal-recordings.html