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testthat 3.3.0

testthat 3.3.0 brings improved expectations with better error messages, new expectations for common testing patterns, and lifecycle changes including the removal of `local_mock()` and `with_mock()`. It also includes a write-up of my experience doing package development with Claude Code

Hadley Wickham

Nov 13, 2025

Package Testthat Devtools

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pkgdown 2.1.0

pkgdown 2.1.0 includes two major new features: support for quarto vignettes and a "light switch" that lets the reader switch between light and dark mode. It also contains a bunch of other improvements to both the user and the developer experience

Hadley Wickham

Jul 8, 2024

Package Devtools Pkgdown

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testthat 3.2.0

Catch up on the last two years of testthat development which includes improved documentation, new expectations, a new style for error snapshots, support for mocking, a new way to detect if a test has changed global state, and a handful of UI improvements

Hadley Wickham

Oct 8, 2023

Package Testthat Devtools

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roxygen2 7.2.0

roxygen2 7.2.0 brings improvements to `NAMESPACE` generation, better multiparameter argument inheritance, and improved warnings

Hadley Wickham

May 13, 2022

Package Roxygen2 Devtools

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Upgrading to testthat edition 3

A workflow for upgrading to testthat edition 3: activation, deprecations, changes to warnings, messages, and comparisons

Hannah Frick

Feb 22, 2022

Learn Usethis Devtools Testthat

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pkgdown 2.0.0

pkgdown 2.0.0 includes a major refresh of the default template (now using bootstrap 5), many new ways to customise your site, improvements to code styling, and much, much, more

Hadley Wickham

Dec 3, 2021

Package Pkgdown Devtools

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Renaming the default branch

We are renaming the default branch of many Git(Hub) repositories and this post explains how contributors can adapt, using new functionality in usethis