What’s New in R: September 23, 2024
Welcome to this week’s edition of What’s New in R! This week, we’re featuring a book on data viz in R, a video on using the {renv} package for reproducible environments, and an in-depth tutorial on the theme() function. Let’s dive in!
Modern Data Visualization with R
This book, released earlier this year, is a great introduction to making data viz in R. It’s also a great reference, with chapters showing how to make different types of charts, maps, and more.
December 2023 Webinar: Reproducible Environments using renv
If you’ve ever worked on a project with others and struggled because different teammates have different versions of packages, the {renv} package is a solution. The {renv} package ensures that everyone working on a project works with the same version of packages. In this webinar from December 2023, Posit Data Science Advisor speaks to the NHS-R Community about how {renv} works.
Getting started with theme()
If you want to customize plots made in ggplot, you will eventually have to use the theme() function. This function offers tons and tons of options to customize things like grid lines, axis text, etc. In this blog post, Jack Kennedy of Jumping Rivers gives a nice overview of how to use the theme() function to tweak your plots.
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