I’m interested in analyzing and visualizing data with R, as you know. Thanks to Jen Underwood, she pointed me at this cool series of widgets, called HTMLWidgets, that allows you to do some interesting visualisations with R. I must admit I haven’t touched JavaScript for years, ever since I helped to build websites for well known entertainment sites, but I’m glad I can pick it up again. What does it let you do?
- Use JavaScript visualization libraries at the R console, just like plots
- Embed widgets in R Markdown documents and Shiny web applications
- Develop new widgets using a framework that seamlessly bridges R and JavaScript
Why don’t you head on over to the site and have a look? I’ll be playing with it, and finally finishing my R blog series, as soon as I can. I’ve been busy helping to organize the PASS BA Conference, which is taking place in April 2015 in Santa Clara. Therefore, I hope you’ll excuse the radio silence. It’s on my to-do list, which never goes down, ever!