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shinytest2, Rhino R Shiny framework top news at Appsilon conference
An updated Shiny testing package and new Shiny framework were featured at this week's Shiny conference.
Easier ggplot with ggcharts in R
Create R data visualizations with a few lines of simple code thanks to the ggcharts R package. Plus, the resulting charts and graphs are customizable ggplot objects.
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How to make easier ggplot2 with ggcharts
Make ggplot2 graphs with a lot less code using the ggcharts package.
How to create PowerPoint slides from R
Learn how to generate PowerPoint slides straight from an R Markdown document. Plus, create interactive HTML slides in R with the xaringan package.
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How to create PowerPoint slides right from R
Learn how to generate PowerPoint slide presentations right from R with R Markdown. Plus: Create interactive HTML slides with the xaringan package.
Astonishingly easy mapping in R with mapview
Create interactive maps of GIS data with tooltips, hover text, and legends in one short and simple line of code. Plus get extras like side-by-side sliders and multiple maps in sync.
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Astonishingly easy mapping with R and mapview
One short line of code give you a full-featured interactive choropleth map – complete with rollover text and popup data – thanks to the mapview package. See how simple it is to explore geospatial data in R. Data files available in...
Send Outlook email and Teams messages with R
The Microsoft365R package makes it easy to connect R with Outlook, Teams, OneDrive, and SharePoint. Let’s start with Outlook and Teams.
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How to send Outlook email, Teams messages and more from R
Microsoft’s Azure team has developed Microsoft365R, which makes it possible to send Outlook emails (and Teams messages!) with R. It's a package that interacts with Microsoft 365 APIs. Follow along to learn how to authenticate your...
Never look up tidyr’s pivot_wider or pivot_longer again!
Love tidyr but can never remember exactly how pivot_wider and pivot_longer work? With RStudio code snippets, you can write a snippet once and always have a fill-in-the-blank code template at your fingertips.
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How to never look up tidyr pivot_wider and pivot_longer again
Tidyr is a handy R package for reshaping data, but it can be hard to remember exactly how pivot_wider and pivot_longer work. Thanks to RStudio code snippets, you can write a snippet once and then always have a fill-in-the-blank code...
Easy racing bar charts in R with ddplot
You won’t believe how easy it is to create animated bar charts in the R programming language to show rankings over time.
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How to create racing bar charts in R
It’s easy to create animated bar charts with the ddplot package, letting viewers easily see category rankings over time.
Easy interactive ggplot graphs in R with ggiraph
See how easy it is to create interactive web graphs from ggplot2 visualizations with the ggiraph R package. You can even link graphs so that clicking one dataviz affects the display of another.
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How to create interactive ggplot graphics with the ggiraph R package
See how easy it is to create interactive Web graphs from your ggplot2 visualizations – including linked graphs, so clicking one dataviz affects another one – with the ggiraph R package.
How to run R in Visual Studio Code
If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Code Studio. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.
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How to set up VSCode for R
R users: Do you want to be ready for GitHub Copilot? Then you’ll need to write your R code in Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up VSCode for R. Check out how to set up Python in RStudio here:...
How to use R with BigQuery
See how to use R to query data in Google BigQuery with the bigrquery and dplyr R packages.