1  Tie Your Seatbelt

To fully execute the tutorial, you’ll need to install the following packages:

• {ggplot2}, a part of the {tidyverse} package collection
• {tidyverse} package collection, including:
  • {dplyr} for data wrangling
  • {tibble} for modern data frames
  • {tidyr} for data cleaning
  • {forcats} for handling factors
• {corrr} for calculating correlation matrices
• {cowplot} for composing ggplots
• {ggforce} for creating sina plots and other advanced visualizations
• {ggrepel} for enhancing text labeling in plots
• {ggridges} for creating ridge plots
• {ggsci} for accessing nice color palettes
• {ggtext} for advanced text rendering in plots
• {ggthemes} for additional plot themes
• {grid} for creating graphical objects
• {gridExtra} for additional functions for “grid” graphics
• {patchwork} for generating multi-panel plots
• {prismatic} for manipulating colors
• {rcartocolor} for accessing great color palettes
• {scico} for perceptional uniform color palettes
• {showtext} for utilizing custom fonts
• {shiny} for developing interactive apps
• Several packages for interactive visualizations, including:
  • {charter}
  • {echarts4r}
  • {ggiraph}
  • {highcharter}
  • {plotly}

1.1 Installing Packages

To install the necessary packages, run the following code:

# install CRAN packages
install.packages(
  c("ggplot2", "tibble", "tidyr", "forcats", "purrr", "prismatic", "corrr", 
    "cowplot", "ggforce", "ggrepel", "ggridges", "ggsci", "ggtext", "ggthemes", 
    "grid", "gridExtra", "patchwork", "rcartocolor", "scico", "showtext", 
    "shiny", "plotly", "highcharter", "echarts4r")
)

# install from GitHub since not on CRAN
install.packages(devtools)
devtools::install_github("JohnCoene/charter")

For instructional purposes, and to ensure smooth transitions for learners navigating directly to specific plots, I’ll load the necessary package beside {ggplot2} in the corresponding section.