Description

The Minard System in R, ggplot2 wizardry, a slackbot created with plumber and googleCouldRunner

Episode Links

• This week's curator: Tony Elhabr (@TonyElHabr)
• "The Minard System" in R
• A guide to creating a Slackbot that sends weekly updates via plumber, googleCloudRunner and Cloud Run
• ggplot2 Wizardry: My Favorite Tricks and secrets for Beautiful Plots in R, Cédric Scherer
• Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2021-W13

Supplemental Resources

• DataViz History Series: Edward Tufte, Charles Minard, Napoleon and the Russian Campaign of 1812 - Part 2 and Part 5
• {ggplot2} Wizardry recorded talk from UseR Oslo meetup (25 March 2021)
• Introducing googleCouldRunnner - serverless R on Google Could Platform