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## What is Quarto?

-   **Quarto** is an open-source publishing system for data science and technical content.
-   It supports **R, Python, Julia, and ObservableJS**.
-   Used for **reports, presentations, blogs, books, and more**.

## Quarto VS R Markdown?

| Feature            | Quarto                                  | R Markdown                    |
|------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
| **Multi-language** | Supports R, Python, Julia, ObservableJS | Primarily R                   |
| **Flexibility**    | Built-in support for Jupyter Notebooks  | R Markdown only               |
| **Output Options** | PDF, HTML, Word, Reveal.js, more        | Limited to R Markdown formats |
| **Markdown**       | Uses Pandoc Markdown for portability    | Uses R-specific Markdown      |

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## Sheffield R Survey Visualizations ![](images/google.png){width="6%"}

### September 2023

**What made this project special?**\
- Used **{googlesheets4}** 📊 to read data directly from Google Sheets\
- My **first project in Quarto**—I was still a beginner!\
![](images/screenshot2.png){width="7.2cm"} ![](images/screenshot1.png){width="8cm" height="4.2cm"}

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## Sheffield R Website

-   The website was already built **using Quarto**
-   I contributed by **creating posts**
-   It was my **first experience working with Quarto websites**
-   I learned how easy it is to **write, format, and publish content** using `.qmd` files

![](images/SheffieldR.png){fig-align="center" width="50%" height="auto"}

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## Folk Singing Dashboard

### My Turning Point with Quarto

-   Started this project using `{flexdashboard}` 📊\
-   Right as I was working on it, **Quarto released its own dashboard format**\
-   Decided to **convert my project to a Quarto dashboard**

![](images/flexdashboard.png){fig-align="left" width="25%" height="auto"} ![](images/arrow.png){fig-align="center" width="10%"} ![](images/quarto_dashboard.png){fig-align="right" width="45%"}

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## Teaching: Python & R

### The Game-Changer: HTML Live Extension

-   In **September**, Quarto introduced **HTML Live**, an extension that allows you to **run R and Python side by side** on a website.

### [Website](https://g-accad.github.io/website1/chapters/chapter1.html)

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## Staff Survey Report

-   Generated some graphs in**Python**

![](images/staff_survey.png){width="45%"} 

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## Finally: These Slides 🎉

-   Link to Slides

### Future Plans:

-   Try out book option

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## Thank You!

-   Questions? Let’s discuss!