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


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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?

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

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