I have found that base R graphics were a quick way to get a snapshot of things qplot always frustrated me in their syntax. I have replaced that with ggvis. I can do a 3 seconds of code and get a decent plot. I can then add a drop down menu and explore my data, but ggvis is guilty of Jeff Leek&#x27;s criticism currently with a limit of the plot you can perform. Also ggvis exported to png is more a hassle then it is worth for me.