ggplot GUI

For more info see the 'Info'-tab or visit https://github.com/gertstulp/ggplotgui 

          

          

            
Background

            

              R
              is amazing, but daunting
                         for many. The programming style of R, compared to the point-and-click
                         style of typical software, is a hurdle for many. Perhaps particularly so
                         for those in the social sciences, whose statistical needs are often met by
                         other software packages. Yet such packages are often very limited in terms
                         of their options to visualize the data at hand. I believe that the amazing
                         visualization-capabilities of R might be one way to get more people to use it.
                         To lower the barrier to start using R, this package allows users to visualize
                         their data using an online graphical user interface (GUI) that makes use of
                         R's visualization package
              ggplot
              . There are two ways of using this functionality: 1) online, where users
                         can upload their data and visualize it without needing R, by visiting 
              this website
              ; 2) from within the R-environment (by using the 
              ggplot_shiny()
              function). Importantly, the R-code will also be provided such that the user
                         can recreate the graphs within the R-environment. The main aim (or hope) is
                         to get more people using R and its wonderful (graphing) capabilities.
            

            
App info

            

              This application was built in 
              R
              version 3.3.2, and uses the following packages: 
              ggplot2
              ,
              Shiny
              ,
              stringr
              ,
              plotly
              ,
              readr
              ,
              readxl
              ,
              haven
              , and
              RColorBrewer.
            

            

              This application was created by 
              Gert Stulp
              . Please do report bugs and send feature requests to 
              g.stulp[at]rug.nl
              . Visit 
              https://github.com/gertstulp/ggplotgui
              for further description and code.
            

            
Acknowledgements

            

              Thanks to Wilmer Joling for setting up the 
              website
              which is based on the magical but incomprehensible
              docker
              . Thanks to 
              Hadley Wicham
               for making such good packages (and open access
                         books describing them), that allow even low-skilled
                         and low-talented programmers like myself to be able to
                         contribute to R