ggplot2 is the de-facto standard tool for creating visualizations in R. Even experienced R programmers sometimes struggle to remember the exact commands to build up plots. So a graphical interface with drag-and-drop functionality comes in very handy! Enter esquisse by Victor Perrier and Fanny Meyer. You can obtain the R code needed to re-create your plot, or directly export the plot to PNG or Powerpoint format.
esquisse is a special type of Shiny app: a Shiny Gadget. One benefit of this approach is that you can conveniently start it from the Addins menu in RStudio.
The data I used for my examples come from this website: https://chart2000.com/
You can also find the data on my github profile: https://github.com/fjodor/dataviz_ideas chart2000-songyear-0-3-0062.csv
See more about Shiny Gadgets here: https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/gadgets.html
Contact me, e. g. to discuss (online) R workshops / trainings / webinars:
https://statistik-dresden.de/kontakt R Workshops: https://statistik-dresden.de/r-schulungen Blog (German, translate option): https://statistik-dresden.de/statistik-blog
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