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Wow nice, it's based on ggplot2-like grammar-of-graphics language. See examples here: https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts

Wow nice, it's based on ggplot2-like grammar-of-graphics language. See examples here: https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html The data plots look pretty nice: https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html#discrete-icon-discrete https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html#discrete-icon-discre... And so do the distribution plots: https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html#visualization-of-distribution-icon-visualization-of-distribution https://lets-plot.org/pages/charts.html#visualization-of-dis... How does this project compare to `plotnine`, which is the ggplot2-like plotting library in Python?

billfruit 3y ago
Is ggplot2 generic enough that it allows one to create any graph one wants, or is it opinionated in how or what graphs can be made? However the best thing about this library may be that it is available for Kotlin.
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago
  >However the best thing about this library may be that it is available for Kotlin. What? How's that? It's written in python. Does kotlin have python interop?
  - 411111111111111 3y ago
    It's linked in the description https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot-kotlin https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot-kotlin
- wodenokoto 3y ago
  Ggplot is opinionated, but mostly in its api. From memory the only thing you can’t do in base ggplot is have to y-axis, but there are plenty of libraries available that expands the types of plots available (eg gggraph for plotting network graphs)
  - smodo 3y ago
    You can’t have two y axes? I’d call that a pretty strong opinion.
    - dav43 3y ago
      This isn’t the case
      - V1ndaar 3y ago
        Well, the thing is you can have two y axes, but they must be simple transformations one another. The reason being (iirc, don't want to put words into Hadley Wickham's mouth) is that if you cannot provide a transformation from one y axis to the other, then the data shouldn't be in one plot to begin with (as it then shows clearly distinct data).

billfruit 3y ago

Is ggplot2 generic enough that it allows one to create any graph one wants, or is it opinionated in how or what graphs can be made? However the best thing about this library may be that it is available for Kotlin.

wing-_-nuts 3y ago
>However the best thing about this library may be that it is available for Kotlin. What? How's that? It's written in python. Does kotlin have python interop?
- 411111111111111 3y ago
  It's linked in the description https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot-kotlin https://github.com/JetBrains/lets-plot-kotlin
wodenokoto 3y ago
Ggplot is opinionated, but mostly in its api. From memory the only thing you can’t do in base ggplot is have to y-axis, but there are plenty of libraries available that expands the types of plots available (eg gggraph for plotting network graphs)
- smodo 3y ago
  You can’t have two y axes? I’d call that a pretty strong opinion.
  - dav43 3y ago
    This isn’t the case
    - V1ndaar 3y ago
      Well, the thing is you can have two y axes, but they must be simple transformations one another. The reason being (iirc, don't want to put words into Hadley Wickham's mouth) is that if you cannot provide a transformation from one y axis to the other, then the data shouldn't be in one plot to begin with (as it then shows clearly distinct data).