Web Application Development with R Using Shiny - Second Edition

Key Features

Use Shiny's built-in functions to produce engaging user interfaces, and integrate them into your own web pages
Implement powerful user-contributed packages to access graphics from the web, make your own dashboards, use interactive maps, and more
Extend Shiny using JavaScript and jQuery with minimal coding using this handy, step-by-step guide
Book Description

R is a highly flexible and powerful tool for analyzing and visualizing data. Most of the applications built using various libraries with R are desktop-based. But what if you want to go on the web? Here comes Shiny to your rescue!

Shiny allows you to create interactive web applications using the excellent analytical and graphical capabilities of R. This book will guide you through basic data management and analysis with R through your first Shiny application, and then show you how to integrate Shiny applications with your own web pages. Finally, you will learn how to finely control the inputs and outputs of your application, along with using other packages to build state-of-the-art applications, including dashboards.

What you will learn

Build interactive applications using Shiny's built-in widgets
Use the built-in layout functions in Shiny to produce user-friendly applications
Integrate Shiny applications with web pages and customize them using HTML and CSS
Harness the power of JavaScript and jQuery to customize your applications
Engage your users and build better analytics using interactive plots
Debug your applications using Shiny's built-in functions
Deliver simple and powerful analytics across your organization using Shiny dashboards
Share your applications with colleagues or over the Internet using cloud services or your own server
About the Author

Chris Beeley works for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust as the lead analyst and programmer for staff and patient experience. He uses a variety of open source tools (PHP/MySQL, Apache, R, Shiny, and Ubuntu) to collect, collate, analyze, and report on patient and staff experience throughout the organization. He was the author of the previous edition of this book.

He has been a keen user of R and a passionate advocate of open source tools in research and healthcare settings, having completed his PhD. He has made extensive use of R (and Shiny) to automate analysis and report on a new patient feedback website. This was funded by a grant from the NHS Institute for Innovation and made in collaboration with staff, service users, and carers within the Trust, particularly individuals from the Involvement Centre.

Table of Contents

Getting Started with R and Shiny!
Building Your First Application
Building Your Own Web Pages with Shiny
Taking Control of Reactivity, Inputs, and Outputs
Advanced Applications I – Dashboards
Advanced Applications II – Using JavaScript Libraries in Shiny Applications
Sharing Your Creations