Creating data-rich presentations from code

Presenting data to audiences of other scientists is a key task; it is vital for us to be able to understand and discuss our results and methods. Creating slides that assist our presentations is usually a manual task that requires the insertion of figures and methods into documents and is one that can consume a lot of a researcher’s time. Various presentation formats exist. Microsoft Office PowerPoint is one of the most commonly used presentation tools. It is a user-friendly GUI program and provides a wide variety of templates, animations, transitions, and multimedia features. However, it requires a lot of manual editing. Conversely, Beamer is a LaTeX-based presentation system used for academic and scientific presentations. It’s a powerful tool and especially useful for presentations that include mathematical equations, formulas, and algorithms. However, Beamer requires some knowledge of LaTeX, which can make it less accessible...