The “official” tidyverse has existed since 2016 but most of its components have a much longer history, for example ggplot2 is the older package and has been around for more than 13 years! The tidyverse continues to evolve and some of the recent updates to tidyverse packages are specifically designed to make it easier for new learners to get started with doing data science in R. Whether you’ve been teaching the tidyverse for years or you’re new to it, it’s useful to periodically catc...