R for Data Science Cookbook

Chapter 6. Making Interactive Reports

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Creating R Markdown reports
• Learning the markdown syntax
• Embedding R code chunks
• Creating interactive graphics with ggvis
• Understanding basic syntax and grammar
• Controlling axes and legends
• Using scales
• Adding interactivity to a ggvis plot
• Creating an R Shiny document
• Publishing an R Shiny report

Introduction

After completing data analysis, it is important to document the research results and share the findings with others. The most common methods involve documenting results through text, slides, or web pages. However, these formats are generally limited to only sharing the results and don't often include the research process. As a result, other researchers cannot reproduce the ...