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Davidson College

RShiny for Everyone

Davidson College via edX

Overview

In this hands-on course, you will learn how to use R Shiny to create data-driven web applications. By the end of the course, you will have created an interactive web application that highlights the biodiversity of America's National Parks. Your application will feature an interactive map, biodiversity calculator, trail journal and species images. Using R Shiny, you will expand your data analysis and visualization skills while developing a way to share and distribute your findings in an application. If you are a beginner level data professional, a student, a researcher, an academic marketing analyst, business and data analyst, or financial analyst, this course is for you.

This four week course will give you a foundation for making and deploying Shiny applications. Along the way you will learn about user interaction (UI) controls, persistent data storage using google sheets, customizing your application with CSS and publishing through shinyapps.io. You will create your own unique application(s) that you can share with friends, colleagues, and potential employers.

Course Requirement: Computer that can run R/RStudio - shinyapps.io account (free) needed to deploy to the web.

Syllabus

This course is meant to teach the basics of building an app using RShiny. It presents a general introduction to the capabilities of RShiny with a particular focus on "learning by doing." At the end of each week of instruction, you'll complete a "wrap-up exercise" and quiz that reinforce the techniques you've learned.

Week 1

  • Getting Set Up
  • Using R Studio IDE for Shiny
  • Basic UI
  • Client Side vs Server Side Components

Week 2

  • Server Side UI
  • Leaflet Maps
  • Server Side Outputs
  • Buttons, Modal Viewers and Observe Events

Week 3

  • Working with Data
  • The Reactive and Browser Functions
  • Customizing Your App with consideration of CSS Rules and Custom Skins
  • Deploying Your Application!

Week 4

  • Setting Things Up - Where to Begin
  • Starting a New Project
  • Filters for Interactivity
  • Maps and Journals
  • Final Projects!

Taught by

Owen Bezick

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