Название: Pro Data Visualization Using R and javascript: Analyze and Visualize Key Data on the Web, Second Edition
Автор: Tom Barker, Jon Westfall
Издательство: Apress
Год: 2022
Страниц: 278
Язык: английский
Формат: pdf (true), epub
Размер: 21.1 MB

Use R 4, RStudio, Tidyverse, and Shiny to interrogate and analyze your data, and then use the D3 javascript library to format and display that data in an elegant, informative, and interactive way. You will learn how to gather data effectively, and also how to understand the philosophy and implementation of each type of chart, so as to be able to represent the results visually.

With the popularity of the R language, the art and practice of creating data visualizations is no longer the preserve of mathematicians, statisticians, or cartographers. As technology leaders, we can gather metrics around what we do and use data visualizations to communicate that information. Pro Data Visualization Using R and javascript combines the power of the R language with the simplicity and familiarity of javascript to display clear and informative data visualizations. There are a number of excellent tools, environments, and libraries that we can use both to analyze and visualize our data. The next two sections describe them. The tools that are most relevant to web developers are Splunk, R, and the D3 (Data-Driven Documents) javascript library.

Gathering and analyzing empirical data is the key to truly understanding anything. We can track operational metrics to quantify the health of our products in production. We can track quality metrics of our projects, and even use our data to identify bad code. Visualizing this data allows anyone to read our analysis and easily get a deep understanding of the story the data tells. This book makes the R language approachable, and promotes the idea of data gathering and analysis mostly using web interfaces.

What You Will Learn:

Carry out data visualization using R and javascript
Use RStudio for data visualization
Harness Tidyverse data pipelines
Apply D3 and R Notebooks towards your data
Work with the R Plumber API generator, Shiny, and more

Who This Book Is For:
Programmers and data scientists/analysts who have some prior experience with R and javascript.