Thread by @WeAreRLadies

(1/n) I love telling stories with data and I have recently discovered #gganimate as a way to take my #dataviz to the next level.

gganimate.com

Here is some sample code to generate a random walk, create a line plot, and layer in the animation. I love how it's simple to layer within the #ggplot2 framework.

(3/n) Here is the resulting plot! using the `transition_reveal()` it keeps the previous points on the graph, but it is highly configurable. For example, I could use `transition_time()` or `transition_state()` to only show the point being added.

(4/n) I initially had some trouble getting the gif to render, so I added the gifski library based on this stack overflow post; stackoverflow.com/questions/5898…

(5/n) I also had some trouble using with geom_line for the first time, as my previous forays with gganimate used geom_point without issue. I was able to address based on this GitHub issue to add the transformr library

github.com/thomasp85/ggan…

(6/n) I love love love love using #ggthemes so this link was helpful to understand the catalog of themes available

yutannihilation.github.io/allYourFigureA…

And this link helped me generate the random walk plotly.com/ggplot2/random…

(7/7) TL;DR gganimate is so much fun! and there are a lot of online resources available with examples with a simple google search.

What use cases have you had for gganimate?

#rstats #gganimate #ggplot2