A Shiny App that demonstrates how plots are encoded with R/ggplot2
The web-tool runs from a shiny server, and can be accessed at: https://huygens.science.uva.nl/ggPlotteR/
Alternatively, the app can run from R/Rstudio.
The app depends on the R packages 'shiny' and 'ggplot2'. Run this command in R/Rstudio to download and install the packages (only needs to be done once):
install.packages("shiny", "ggplot2")
o The first option is running it directly from Github. In the command line (in R or Rstudio) type:
shiny::runGitHub('ggPlotteR', 'JoachimGoedhart')
o The second option is download the app and to use it offline:
-download the app.R and csv file (gapminder-FiveYearData.csv) with example data.
-Run RStudio and load app.R
-Select 'Run All' (shortcut is command-option-R on a Mac) or click on "Run App" (upper right button on the window)
This should launch a web browser with the Shiny app.
The code for the shiny app is partially derived from ggplotGUI by Gert Stulp
The idea of line-by-line encoding with ggplot2 is taken from Evangeline Reynolds and elegantly explained in this flipbook (it may take a moment to load the flipbook completely)
ggPlotteR is created and maintained by Joachim Goedhart (@joachimgoedhart)
