Dashboard Development with Shiny: GenAI for Retail Analysis

Overview

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In this 1-hour long project-based course, you will acquire the skills to construct the fundamental framework of an R Shiny application, develop an interactive dashboard using Shiny, and design a user-friendly interface. Upon completing this project, you will possess the expertise to create advanced and responsive Shiny dashboards, adeptly incorporate external datasets, apply dynamic visualizations with ggplot, and establish user-friendly interfaces that dynamically adapt to user inputs.

Syllabus

Project Overview

In this project-based course, "Dashboard Development with Shiny: GenAI for Retail Analysis," you will learn how to create interactive dashboards using the R Shiny package. We use a practical approach, focusing on sales data from a fictional bookshop, to teach the complete process of building a dynamic Shiny dashboard. This course is intended for intermediate learners, with R Shiny as the primary tool. You will learn to load, clean, manipulate, and visualize data within a Shiny application. By the end of the course, you will complete a Shiny dashboard that visualizes sales data, aimed at supporting inventory management and adapting to consumer preferences. This approach not only enhances practical skills but also prepares you for real-world scenarios where data visualization is crucial for decision-making in retail and other industries.