July 1, 2014

What is Shiny?

  • Interactive web applications around your R analyses
  • Zero HTML/CSS/JavaScript knowledge is required…
  • …but fully customizable and extensible with HTML/CSS/JavaScript
  • Modern web UI with attractive defaults
  • Designed to integrate with existing JavaScript libraries
  • Uses a reactive programming model which allows dramatically simpler code than traditional UI or web programming
  • Applications can be deployed to the cloud (ShinyApps.io) or on-premises (Shiny Server), with both free and commercial options available
  • Vibrant and active community

Demo 1: K-means

Demo 2: Super Zips

Demo 3: Radiant

Demo 4: CRAN logs

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