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How to customize ggplot with bbplot
Overwhelmed by all the ways you can customize a ggplot2 data visualization? With add-on packages like the BBC’s bbplot, you can use themes created by design professionals – or tweak them to make them your own.
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How to reshape data with tidyr’s new pivot functions
See examples of tidyr’s new pivot_longer and pivot_wider functions.
4 data wrangling tasks in R for advanced beginners
R is mighty, but it can be complex for data tasks. Learn how to get summaries, sort and do other tasks with relative ease. (Now updated with dplyr examples.)
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How to use tidy eval in R
Do you want to use ggplot2, dplyr, or other tidyverse functions in your own functions? This easy example shows how
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Run Python in R code
While R is a useful language, Python is also great for data science and general-purpose computing. See how to run Python code within an R script and pass data between Python and R
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R tip: Write your own RStudio addins
This RStudio Addins tutorial shows step by step how to create an addin for the RStudio IDE
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R tip: Creating color-coded calendars
See how well you’re achieving daily goals with a color-coded calendar made in R
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R tip: Quick lookup tables with named vectors
Learn an easy method to use key-value pairs in R
Useful R functions you might not know
One of the best way to find cool, new-to-you R functions is to see what other useRs have uncovered. Here are some of mine -- and yours.
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R tip: Keep passwords and tokens secure with the keyring package
Learn how to store credentials in an encrypted, secure keyring within R
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R tip: Sparklines in HTML tables
Learn how to add sparklines to HTML tables in R with the DT and sparkline packages
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R tip: Quick Interactive Tables
See how to create an interactive HTML table with one line of code. Plus, plenty of customizations
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R tip: Drag-and-drop ggplot
See how the new graphical user interface for ggplot2 works, thanks to the esquisse R package
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R tip: Reshape data with tidyr
See how the tidyr R package’s gather and spread functions work. Plus a bonus look at labeling in ggplot2
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R tip: Schedule R scripts on a Mac
Learn how to run R scripts from the Mac command line. Then, see how to schedule R scripts with cron jobs and the cronR package.
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R tip: R Markdown tutorial
In this 10th episode of Do More with R, learn how to create HTML, Word docs, PowerPoint presentations, and more that combine text, graphics, and R code
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R tip: Access nested list items with purrr
In this ninth episode of Do More with R, learn how to easily access and modify nested list items with the purrr package’s modify_depth function
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