Creating Web Applications with R-Shiny
Robert Ashmead
December 15th, 2023, 9am-1pm, 1430 ISR/Zoom
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Please join for the final PDHP workshop of 2023, “Creating Web Applications with R-Shiny”, presented by Robert Ashmead of Ohio State University. This hybrid (in-person and Zoom) workshop is geared toward R users from all disciplines, and will guide attendees on the creation and deployment of interactive web applications using R-Shiny. Attendees will receive hands-on practice creating a live R-Shiny web app, as well as tutorials on hosting & deploying their apps, and advanced features available to R-Shiny users. As always, this workshop is free and open to the public.
Topics covered:
- Introduction to the basics of R-Shiny
- Guided creation of a live R-Shiny web application
- Options for hosting and deploying R-Shiny applications
- A tour of advanced features, including interactive maps, tables, and visualizations
Video:
Video of the workshop is available here.
Slides & Lab Materials:
Additional code and examples can be found on the presenter’s Github page.
Recommended Software:
The workshop will provide examples in R, as configured below:
––R Studio (strongly recommended)
––R packages can be installed using the following code:
# install R packages packages_to_install = c( "shiny", "dplyr", "ggplot2", "plotly", "DT", "shinyWidgets", "shinythemes", "htmltools", "leaflet", "sf", "tigris" ) #to install all of these lapply(packages_to_install, install.packages)