Why R for data visualization?

[samanthacsik]

Relevant resources:

• https://medium.com/@tusharkhete118/r-vs-python-for-data-science-and-visualization-the-language-debate-1aac453e7e29

[samanthacsik]

General thoughts:

• I consider myself a proficient and confident R users / troubleshooter! It is the main language that I use regularly
• R has an excellent ecosystem of data science packages (the tidyverse) designed specifically to facilitate data wrangling and visualization, including ggplot2, which is arguably one of the most popular data visualization tools
• the fundamental concepts of creating effective data visualizations apply, no matter the language