Create Interactive Apps with Shiny in R

Overview

Transform your data into engaging, interactive web applications using Shiny—a powerful R package for dynamic user interfaces. In this hands-on workshop, I guided participants through building and customizing Shiny apps, creating reactive visualizations with ggplot2 and plotly, and deploying the applications online. This session was designed for both beginners and R users looking to expand their technical skills.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the fundamental architecture of Shiny apps (using ui.R/server.R or app.R structures).
  
• Implement reactive programming to build dynamic, responsive applications.
  
• Create and customize interactive data visualizations with ggplot2 and plotly.
  
• Deploy Shiny apps on platforms such as shinyapps.io and shinylive.
  
• Learn best practices for securing Shiny applications, including authentication.

Key Skills Gained

• Shiny app development
  
• Reactive programming in R
  
• Interactive data visualization
  
• Web application deployment
  
• Application security practices