Tree-sitter Improves R Programming Tools and Developer Experience
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Summary
The article discusses the development and impact of Tree-sitter, a parsing generator tool that has significantly improved the R programming experience. It explains how Davis Vaughan created an R grammar for Tree-sitter, building on work by Jim Hester and Kevin Ushey, which received positive reception at the useR! 2024 conference. The piece focuses on how Tree-sitter enables better tooling for parsing, searching, formatting, and editing R code, bringing R development tools up to par with other programming languages.
Key quotes
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He even got a round of applause for it during a talk at the useR! 2024 conference!
the audience was excited about the improved developer experience for R that this file unlocked.
R tooling around Tree-sitter is how you get modern tooling for parsing, searching, formatting, editing R code, just like for other programming languages.
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