Learn how to build your first web application in R using the Shiny package in this comprehensive tutorial video. Discover the structure of a Shiny web app, explore real-world examples, and gain hands-on experience creating a simple, reactive application. Follow along as the instructor guides you through downloading the necessary code, dissecting the user interface and server components, and understanding how they interact. Explore Shiny themes, learn about different header sizes, and visualize the schematic of your first Shiny web app. By the end of this 21-minute tutorial, you'll have the foundational knowledge to start developing your own data-driven web applications in R.
Web Apps in R - Building Your First Web Application in R - Shiny Tutorial
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
Introducing the "Web apps in R" series
What is the Shiny package?
What we will learn today?
Structure of a Shiny web app
Examples of Shiny web apps in action
Examples from our own research lab
Let's get started
Go to Data Professor GitHub and download R code
What web app are we building today?
No submit buttons, Reactive!
Dissecting the web app
1. ui.R User interface
2. server.R
Catalog of shiny themes
mainPanel displays the output by using verbatimTextOutput
h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6 represents different sizes of the Header title
How does UI and server interact?
Schematic of our first Shiny web apps
Taught by
Data Professor
