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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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R tip: Animations in R
In this eighth episode of Do More with R, learn how to animate data over time with R and the gganimate and ggplot2 packages.
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R tip: Create maps in R
In this seventh episode of Do More with R, learn how to create maps in R—it’s easier than you think, thanks to new and updated packages like sf, tmap, and ggplot2
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R tip: Iterate with purrr's map_df function
In this sixth episode of Do More with R, learn how to apply a function to a vector of values and return a data frame
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R tip: Save time with RStudio code snippets
In this fifth episode of Do More with R, Sharon Machlis, director of Editorial Data & Analytics at IDG Communications, shows how code snippets work in RStudio—and how you can make your own
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R tip: Easy dashboards with flexdashboard
In this fourth episode of Do More with R, Sharon Machlis, director of Editorial Data & Analytics at IDG Communications, shows how to create dashboards in the R language with the flexdashboard package.
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R tip: Test your code with testthat
In this episode of Do More with R, learn how to automate testing your R functions with Hadley Wickham’s testthat package.
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R tip: Learn dplyr’s case_when() function
In this second episode of Do More with R, Sharon Machlis, director of Editorial Data & Analytics at IDG Communications, shows how dplyr's case_when() function helps avoid a lot of nested ifelse statements
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R tip: How to create easy interactive scatter plots with taucharts
In this first episode of Do More with R, Sharon Machlis, director of Editorial Data & Analytics at IDG Communications, demonstrates how easy it is to use the R language to create an interactive scatter plot with multiple trendline...
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