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R Shiny Essentials: From Data to Interactive Dashboards

R Shiny is a popular R package that allows you to transform complex analytics into powerful, user-friendly interactive visualisation tools.


In this workshop we will provide an introduction to R Shiny, and how you can use it to create web apps, and more interactive data visualisations. 


We will go over how to build a basic Shiny application, and cover the best practices and resources when approaching Shiny.


Recommended Participants

Attendees must have a good knowledge of the basic concepts and techniques of R and previous experience working in RStudio - attendance at one of QCIF's "Introduction to Programming: R for Reproducible Scientific Research" workshops is suitable background.


Learning Objectives

  • Create and run your first R Shiny app based on real data

  • Build a user interface (UI) and server function of the app

  • Add control widgets such as dropdown menu and radio buttons

  • Display reactive output such as graphs and tables

  • Update a theme

  • Share your apps


Syllabus

  • Introduction to Shiny package

  • Basic app structure - user interface (UI) and server

  • Widget options in Shiny

  • Reactive output options in Shiny

  • Generating high-quality apps

  • Options for hosting the apps

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