To smooth the process of creating visually striking Shiny UI’s and robust applications, Appsilon is working on designing Cheatsheets for our Shiny packages. The first of these in the Cheatsheet series is the shiny.semantic package. The Cheatsheet will introduce you to shiny.semantic and methods for bringing Semantic ...

Whether you’re just starting your journey to developing a successful app or riding a wave of adoption, it’s a good idea to build durable R code. Projects that are built with durable code are built to adapt.  Having well-thought-out coding practices in place doesn’t prevent the challenges ...

Shiny Templates from Appsilon R is a versatile language for data science and Shiny is an R package for developing interactive web applications that improve data storytelling. R in combination with the right Shiny application can convert a backbench data science project into a massive success. However, even experienced R ...

What defines a production-ready Shiny application? And more importantly, how do we get there? Shiny is hands down one of the best dev tools available for quick production of Proof of Concepts (PoC). But here in lies a trap. People tend to mislabel Shiny as a poor production tool because ...

A Shiny UI It’s often said that if you don’t remember the experience of using an app or website, that’s a good thing. When a good app presents an experience that is seamless, users breeze right through. But at Appsilon we want our users to be conscious ...

The 2021 R/Medicine Conference is already upon us! This week in August (24-27) will see a virtual gathering of the R community with a keen eye on medical data science. Damian Rodziewicz, President and Co-Founder of Appsilon, and Oriol Senan, R Shiny Developer and computational biology expert, will represent Appsilon ...

By presenting the latest advances in statistical modeling and reproducible data processing with direct application in clinical and medical practice, the R/Medicine conference is at the forefront of the digital transformation in the medical and pharmaceutical industry. Its laser-sharp focus on the R framework and ecosystem has naturally caught ...

RStudio Community X-Session X-Session Presentations: Shepherding Your Shiny App from Proof of Concept to Production Improve Your Code – Best Practices for Durable Code Scaling/Infrastructure – Why is My Shiny App Slow UI/UX in Shiny Apps and Live Coding Session (shiny.fluent and shiny.react) RStudio Community X-Session RStudio X-sessions ...

Enterprise Shiny App Webinar: Mark Your Calendar! Appsilon and RStudio are teaming up to bring you a Shiny X-Session event on Aug 10, 2021 @ 12PM – 2PM EST. The theme of the event is “Enterprise Shiny Apps from Concept to Production.” The Shiny experts at Appsilon will guide you through building durable code, ...

Why User Tests useR! 2021 Presentation: How to Conduct Effective User Tests Good Practices Q&A From Maria’s Presentation at UseR! 2021 useR! 2021 Follow Up Why User Tests User tests are paramount for creating a smoother development process and ultimately, a user-friendly tool. It’s easy to lose track of the ...

Build Beautiful Shiny Apps – A Live Coding Session at BostonR Thank you to all the attendees who joined Kamil Żyła’s live coding session at the BostonR June meetup! If you missed out on the chance to participate, don’t worry! Check out his recorded presentation below. If you ...

Rstudio Shiny Contest – The Results Are In!  Appsilon engineer Marcin Dubel has been named a Grand Prize Winner in the 3rd Annual Rstudio Shiny Contest for his app – Shark Attack. This marks the second year in a row an Appsilon team member has won a Grand Prize at the Shiny ...

useR! – The Global, Virtual R Conference Do you have a dashboard that’s not quite where you want it to be? Or are you curious about how to streamline your beautiful Shiny app projects? If you’re working with Shiny or want to enhance your data storytelling abilities with R, ...

shiny.fluent – Taking Shiny Dashboards to New Heights With Appsilon’s recent public launch of two new R packages – shiny.fluent and shiny.react, the accessibility of React libraries to the Shiny dev community is now easier than ever. shiny.react opens up the rich React ecosystem (e.g., frameworks, ...

Are you ready to join Appsilon at a global-by-design virtual R conference? The useR! 2021 Conference is only 3 weeks away, and this year Appsilon is a Platinum Sponsor. In addition, our team members Marcin Dubel, Marek Rogala, and Maria Grycuk will be delivering non-sponsored talks on enterprise Shiny app development, Appsilon ...

Intermediate SQL for Data Science Running data queries in the database can offer significant speed improvements over doing so in R or Python. There’s no need to drag the entire dataset to memory and run the calculations once the loading completes. The runtime differences can be drastic, depending on ...

Mastering Shiny with Appsilon: Building, Scaling, and Deploying Shiny Apps Early this year at rstudio::global, Appsilon and RStudio held a 3-hour long Shiny Masterclass X-Session. We covered many popular Shiny topics, from beginner level to expert level. The full session recording is now available to the public on our ...

Appsilon at Hack4Environment Appsilon has recently taken part in the Hack4Environment – a 24-hour hackathon focusing on dealing with the critical problem of illegal waste disposal (known as fly-tipping).  Read about our AI4Good initiative – Here’s how Machine Learning can be used to analyze wildlife camera trap datasets. ...

A Video About Building a Video Game in Shiny Did you know you can use R and Shiny to build video games? Well, don’t expect to create the next GTA in R, but you can still develop simple, enjoyable, and easy to play games. Our engineer Pedro Silva used ...

rstudio::global is Just Around the Corner Only a few days remain until the 2021 rstudio::global conference on January 21st, and we have some good news. In collaboration with RStudio, Appsilon will be hosting an in-depth Shiny Masterclass on January 20th @ 9AM EST. Space is limited, but you can still ...