rstudioconf-2018-intro-shiny-rmarkdown

Materials for the "Intro to Shiny and R Markdown" 2-day workshop at rstudio::conf 2018.

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Locating the materials

• Option 1 - ☁️ RStudio Cloud: bit.ly/shiny-rmd-cloud

• Option 2 - 💻 Local installation: bit.ly/shiny-rmd-repo

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Outline

Day 1: January 31

💻 09:00 - 10:30: Session 1 - Getting started with Markdown

• 00 - Welcome: Getting started instructions + motivation + demo
• 01 - Composing your prose with Markdown:
  • Text and headers
  • Links and images
  • Math text
  • Tables
  • The Markdown Quick Reference
  • Your turn: From plain text to embellished

☕ 10:30 - 11:00: Morning break

💻 11:00 - 12:00: Session 2 - Putting the R in R Markdown

• 02 - Structuring your analysis with R Markdown:
  • Embedding R code -- in chunks and inline
  • Chunk and global options
  • Other languages
  • Output options
  • Output formats
  • Your turn: Restructure from plain R Markdown to xaringan slides or Tufte document

🍴 12:00 - 13:00: Lunch

💻 13:00 - 15:00: Session 3 - Upping your R Markdown game

• Tables
• Bibliography and citation
• Templates
• Parameterized reports

☕ 15:00 - 15:30: Afternoon break

💻 15:30 - 17:00: Session 4 - First dip into interactivity

• Dashboards
• Embedding htmlwidgets in documents
• Embedding Shiny apps in documents
• Troubleshooting tips + Q & A

Day 2: February 1

💻 09:00 - 10:30: Session 1 - Getting started with Shiny

• 04 - Getting started with Shiny:
  • High level view
  • Anatomy of a Shiny app
  • UI / Server
  • File structure
  • Deploying an app

☕ 10:30 - 11:00: Morning break

💻 11:00 - 12:00: Session 2 - Understanding reactivity

• 05 - Understanding reactivity:
  • Reactivity 101
  • Reactive flow
  • Implementation
  • Render functions

🍴 12:00 - 13:00: Lunch

💻 13:00 - 15:00: Session 3 - Designing UI

• Interface builder functions
• Tabs
• shinythemes

☕ 15:00 - 15:30: Afternoon break

💻 15:30 - 17:00: Session 4 - Dashboards

• What's in a dashboard?
• flexdashboards
• Where to go next?

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Setup instructions

Install

from_cran <- c("shiny", "rmarkdown", 
               "DT", "devtools", "flexdashboard", "gapminder",
               "rticles", "shinydashboard", "shinythemes", 
               "tidyverse", "tufte", "xaringan")

install.packages(from_cran, repos = "http://cran.rstudio.com")

Load

library(shiny)
library(rmarkdown)
... # load the remaining packages similarly