Series: Shiny – Discindo

Sharing data between pages in a multi-page Brochure Shiny application

A breakdown of some approaches for between-page data sharing in a multi-session {brochure} {shiny} application

2025-01-27

How to configure your shiny app content from a remote JSON file

A straightforward way to configure the appearance and content of a Shiny application using a (remote) JSON configuration file

2025-01-19

teo

A simple workflow for async {shiny} with {mirai}

A module-based approach to simplify async calls in {shiny} apps using {mirai}

2024-01-15

teo

A simple workflow for async {shiny} with {callr}

An approach to simplify and standardize async calls in {shiny} apps using {callr}

2024-01-12

teo

How to deploy Shiny application to Digital Ocean using GitHub Actions

A walkthrough on setting up GitHub Actions for automatic deployment of Shiny application to DigitalOcean server running ShinyProxy

2023-12-12

teo

How to use buttons in a Reactable widget for navigation in a Shiny application

A few helpful design patterns for navigation in {shiny} applications using buttons in a {reactable} widget

2023-04-04

teo

How to use Bootstrap 5 popovers in Shiny applications

A few tips on using bootstrap 5 popovers in Shiny

2023-04-01

teo

How to use custom icons in Rmd reports and Shiny applications

A workflow on how to create visually pleasing and effective static HTML visualizations of small-scale and heterogenous tabular data

2023-03-19

teo

A {shiny} app to wrap BlasterJS and visualize NCBI BLAST results locally

I recently learned about a really slick JavaScript component for interactive visualization of NCBI’s blast output. BlasterJS (Website, Paper) makes it possible to visualize b…

2022-06-23

teo

Building a multi-session {shiny} application with {brochure}

In this post, I share my experience building a multi-session Shiny application using the {brochure} package. I discuss the advantages of using {brochure} for creating independent Shiny sessions for different pages, the integration with {golem}, and the steps to deploy the application on shinyapps.io. Additionally, I provide a solution for handling URL redirects in different environments.

2022-05-09

teo

Using {shiny.i18n} with {golem} for server-side translation

using-shiny-i18n-with-golem-for-server-side-translation

2021-05-22

teo

OpenBudget: A Shiny app for transparent finances in local government in North Macedonia

2021-05-21

teo

Asynchronous background execution in Shiny using callr

This post explores how to handle asynchronous background execution in Shiny applications using the callr package. We discuss the limitations of the current promises implementation in Shiny and demonstrate how to use callr::r_bg to run long computations in the background, allowing users to continue interacting with the app. The post includes example code and a link to a live demo app.

2020-05-01

teo , novica