We have already worked with the first two packages, namely ggplot2 and lubridate. The shiny package is used to build web applications directly from R, while the shinythemes and ggthemr packages are used to apply themes to style our web application. For more information, take a look at Appendix, Required Packages. Required packages for this chapter are shown in the following table:
Package |
Reason |
ggplot2 |
High-quality graphs |
lubridate |
Easily transform dates |
shiny |
Create modern web applications |
ggthemr |
Apply themes to ggplot2 plots |
shinythemes |
Apply themes to Shiny applications |