[R] How to understand the mentality behind tidyverse and ggplot2?

[Ben Tupper]

Hi,

I feel your pain.  As you have likely discovered yourself, there are
just about 10^14 tutorials/posts/tips out there on ggplot2.  See
https://rseek.org/?q=+ggplot2+tutorial for example.   Yikes!

One resource I found most helpful when I started is
https://evamaerey.github.io/ggplot_flipbook/ggplot_flipbook_xaringan.html#1.
This is a terrific resource for getting the feel of layering-up.

Hope you find it helpful.

CHeers,
Ben

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 12:37 PM C W <tmrsg11 using gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Dear R list,
>
> I am an old-school R user. I use apply(), with(), and which() in base
> package instead of filter(), select(), separate() in Tidyverse. The idea of
> pipeline (i.e. %>%) my code was foreign to me for a while. It makes the
> code shorter, but sometimes less readable?
>
> With ggplot2, I just don't understand how it is organized. Take this code:
>
> > ggplot(diamonds, aes(x=carat, y=price)) + geom_point(aes(color=cut)) +
> geom_smooth()
>
> There are three plus signs. How do you know when to "add" and what to
> "add"? I've seen more plus signs.
>
> To me, aes() stands for aesthetic, meaning looks. So, anything related to
> looks like points and smooth should be in aes(). Apparently, it's not the
> case.
>
> So, how does ggplot2 work? Could someone explain this for an old-school R
> user?
>
> Thank you!
>
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Ben Tupper
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