#shinyconf2025

shikokuchuo @shikokuchuo@fosstodon.org

Useful questions to ask before you start coding a #dataviz dashboard, from @ivelasq3 's #ShinyConf2025 presentation.

Full slides: https://ivelasq-shinyconf2025.share.connect.posit.cloud/#/section
#QuartoPub #RShiny #RStats #ShinyConf

Planning your trip
What's the purpose of this journey? (Purpose: KPIs, trends)
Who's coming with you? (Audience: execs, public, analysts?)
How often will this trip happen? (Once? Daily?)
What do you need to bring? (Data sources, interactivity, servers, customization)
Are you on an exploratory (self-serve) or explanatory (guided) route?

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**shikokuchuo** @shikokuchuo@fosstodon.org · Apr 12

Apr 12

We’ve made it really easy to use mirai to run compute on other computers - whether that’s on your local network or an Amazon EC2 instance. Anywhere you can SSH into, with no change in firewall settings or any other configuration. 3 steps to launch and auto-scale. Check out the slides at https://shikokuchuo-shinyconf2025.share.connect.posit.cloud #rstats #ShinyConf2025

shikokuchuo-shinyconf2025.share.connect.posit.cloudScaling Shiny: Seamless and Effortless Distributed Computing with mirai

**shikokuchuo** @shikokuchuo@fosstodon.org · Apr 11

Apr 11

shikokuchuo @shikokuchuo@fosstodon.org

Posting the slides I just delivered at #ShinyConf2025: https://shikokuchuo-shinyconf2025.share.connect.posit.cloud/

Scaling Shiny: Seamless and Effortless Distributed Computing with mirai

We can't wait to see what you build using this! Do leave us with your experiences at https://github.com/r-lib/mirai/discussions

shikokuchuo-shinyconf2025.share.connect.posit.cloudScaling Shiny: Seamless and Effortless Distributed Computing with mirai

**Data Quine** @scottish@datasci.social · Apr 11

Apr 11

#RStats #VirtualConference

Have just realised I can open tabs to both live stages of #ShinyConf2025 in Chrome and hear both at the same time.

Not recommending it(!) but handy when sessions are overlapping the time slots

**ShinyConf** @ShinyConf@fosstodon.org · Apr 11

Apr 11

#ShinyConf #virtual #event

Day 3 of #ShinyConf2025 is happening now!

There’s still time to join us - tune in for the final day of insights. Sign up here: http://go.appsilon.com/shinyconf2025

**Sharon Machlis** @smach@masto.machlis.com · Apr 10

New to me: There's a Shiny Assistant within GitHub Copilot in VSCode to help you with Shiny code. Start asking it questions with @shiny.

Dropdown list within VS Code of some @ chat options, including @shiny /start

#RStats #RShiny #VSCode

**Sharon Machlis** @smach@masto.machlis.com · Apr 10

Fun R Shiny app that lets you analyze your Goodreads reading data. By Gigi Kenneth.
App: https://gkenneth.shinyapps.io/goodreads2/
Code: https://github.com/gigikenneth/goodreads2
#RStats #RShiny #ShinyConf2025 #ShinyConf

App titled "My Reading Journey" showing a bar graph with count of authors read. Tabs include Summary, Ratings, Progress, Books, Authors, Book Lengths, and Title Cloud. Sidebar gives options to upload your Goodreads CSV and Select year. Color scheme theme in pink.

**Sharon Machlis** @smach@masto.machlis.com · Apr 10

Extremely robust and well designed Shiny app from Curbcut, making massive amounts of local city data accessible via maps. They dealt with performance issues partly by pre-computing data for every city block and storing those in qs files, as well as rendering pre-generated Mapbox vector tiles.
Worth watching the talk by Maxime Bélanger de Blois if/when it's online.
App: https://montreal.curbcut.ca/
GitHub: https://github.com/Curbcut/curbcut-montreal
#RShiny #RStats #ShinyConf2025 #ShinyConf #dataviz

Screenshot of choropleth map of Montreal with "Access to amenities" sidebar allowing users to select options such as transportation mode and time, amenity, and geography

**Sharon Machlis** @smach@masto.machlis.com · Apr 10

App: https://posit-ai-altr.share.connect.posit.cloud/

Interactive Web app creates alternative text from a plot. By @ivelasq3 built with the R Shiny framework and {ellmer}, {shinychat}, {magick} & other #RStats s

Code: https://github.com/ivelasq/rplot-alt-text-generator

Screenshot of the "altR" app showing an uploaded graph and its generated alternative text.

The line graph is titled "US national minimum wage, in nominal and real terms (2024$)". It displays data from 1940 to 2020. Two lines are shown: a blue line labeled "Real minimum wage" and a green line labeled "Nominal minimum wage". The blue line fluctuates and peaks around 1970 before trending downward, while the green line gradually increases over time, with a more noticeable rise starting in the late 2000s.

Below the graph, a text box labeled "Generated Alternative Text" reads: "Line graph of the US national minimum wage in nominal and real terms (adjusted for inflation) from 1940 to 2020, illustrating the changes over time. The blue line represents the real minimum wage, which fluctuated and peaked around 1970 before gradually declining, while the green line shows the nominal minimum wage, which has steadily increased since the late 2000s. Data reflects minimum wage trends leading up to 2024 dollars."

#RShiny #GenAI #a11y

**Colin** @colinfay@fosstodon.org · Apr 10

Speaker DeckBeyond {shiny}: The Future of Mobile Apps with RBy Colin Fay

Colin @colinfay@fosstodon.org

Slides from my talk at the #ShinyConf2025 are online : https://speakerdeck.com/colinfay/beyond-shiny-the-future-of-mobile-apps-with-r

**Data Quine** @scottish@datasci.social · Apr 10

#ShinyConf2025 #JohnTravolta #Documentation

Feeling my age.
Pawel Rucki used a John Travolta meme on a slide for looking for Shiny examples in documentation...and I was the only person to use the laugh emoji.

GIF

**ShinyConf** @ShinyConf@fosstodon.org · Apr 10

#ShinyConf2025 #virtual #Shiny

Day 2 at #ShinyConf is here! Great sessions on Shiny Innovation, LLM/AI, Best Practices, and more.

Don’t miss the keynote on AI & Shiny with @winston_chang at 2:30pm ET! Free & virtual - join us today!
Register: http://go.appsilon.com/shinyconf2025

**Data Quine** @scottish@datasci.social · Apr 9 *

Apr 9 *

https://github.com/DeepanshKhurana/ShinyConf2025_PlumberWorkshop

Another little gem from the "Unclog Your Scripts with Plumber in R" session was finding out there is a Cat Facts API.

Might be fun for those producing teaching resources?

https://catfact.ninja/

catfact.ninjaCat Facts API

#API #Cats #Plumber

**Data Quine** @scottish@datasci.social · Apr 9 *

Apr 9 *

https://github.com/tidy-MN/shiny-a11y-apps/tree/master

Great session on "Web Accessibility in Online Dashboard Design" by Abby Stamm & Eric Kvale from Minnesota Department of Health.

Helpful workthrough, improving an app.

More than once people mentioned in general that use of selectizeInput in apps was causing problems for their screen reader users. Drat.

#Shiny #Accessibility #RStats

**Data Quine** @scottish@datasci.social · Apr 9

Apr 9

"do not get disheartened"

presenter Deepansh at Shiny Conf 2025.

Great life advice.
Context: installing R packages from source

#RStats #ShinyConf2025

**ShinyConf** @ShinyConf@fosstodon.org · Apr 9

Apr 9

#ShinyConf #ShinyConf2025

The wait is over! Day 1 of ShinyConf is here

Only two hours left for last-minute signups! Join us so you don't miss a thing!

Get your ticket http://go.appsilon.com/shinyconf2025 

**Data Quine** @scottish@datasci.social · Apr 9 *

Apr 9 *

https://www.shinyconf.com/

Anyone here planning to attend ShinyConf 2025?

www.shinyconf.comShinyConf 2025: Shine On with Shiny!ShinyConf is the biggest virtual Shiny event hosted by Appsilon. Join us for insightful sessions, connect with industry leaders, and discover the latest Shiny innovations.

#ShinyConf #ShinyConf2025

**ShinyConf** @ShinyConf@fosstodon.org · Apr 8

Apr 8

One day to go! #ShinyConf is happening tomorrow!

✦ Can an AI pass the Shiny developer interview? – Pavel Demin

Ready to join us? Get your free ticket: http://go.appsilon.com/shinyconf2025

#ShinyConf2025

**ShinyConf** @ShinyConf@fosstodon.org · Apr 3

Apr 3