This tutorial introduces a few different ways to add animation and interactivity to plots created from ggplot2. It will also introduce you to shiny apps.

By the end of the tutorial, you should be able to:

• Add basic interactivity to a ggplot2 plot using ggplotly().

• Add animation layers to plots using gganimate functions.

• Create a shiny app that requires inputs.

• Publish a shiny app to shinyapps.io.

animation & interactivity tutorial