PUB Sector R Workshop 2024: Dashboarding for Leaders and Managing Data in Shiny

Overview

The PUB Sector R Workshop 2024 is designed to facilitate a 1-day workshop, focusing on working with your organization’s data from data collection to data management to data visualization. Participants will learn how to build a dashboard with Shiny, including dynamic calendars perfect for large-scale event tracking. Additionally, the workshop covers building a CRUD (create, read, update, delete) application that allows users to manage data themselves. We will also discuss concepts such as multi-tiered architectures, modularizing code, clear data visualizations, and managing user permissions in Shiny apps.

Repository Structure

This repository contains the main application along with supporting folders and tutorial apps:

• Full WNBA Dashboard and CRUD App:

  • app.R: Main application script.
  • 00_data_operations: Handles data operations and transformations.
  • 01_data: Contains raw and processed data files.
  • 02_source: Contains utility, CRUD modules, calendar modules, and dashboard modules.
  • www: Static files like images, CSS, and JavaScript.

• Class Presentation:

  • 03_presentation: Contains the class presentation materials.

• Additional Tutorials:

  • 04_tutorial_reactives: Tutorials to assist with understanding reactive programming in Shiny.
  • 05_tutorial_modules: Tutorials to assist with understanding module usage in Shiny.
  • 06_tutorial_other_styles: Tutorials to assist with other styles and best practices in Shiny.

Workshop Goals

By the end of this workshop, participants will leave with:

1. Functional Shiny application templates.
2. An understanding of
   • Shiny reactivity
   • Functions & Modules in Shiny
   • Dashboard design principles
   • Multi-tiered architectures
   • CRUD apps in R and Shiny
3. A network of peers for collaboration.
4. Enhanced skills in R and Shiny.

To Get the Most Out of This Workshop

1. Latest version of R (Version 4.3.1)

   • Download R (CRAN Mirror)

2. Latest version of RStudio (Version 2023.09.0+463)

   • Download RStudio (Official Website)

3. Git experience

   • Basic understanding of Git for managing your codebase.
   • Download Git (Official Website)

4. Basic R Shiny knowledge

5. Knowledge of your organization’s needs

Installation

To run the Shiny application locally:

1. In Git Bash or your RStudio terminal, clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/maxinedrake/R_workshop.git
   

2. Ensure you have R and RStudio installed.

3. In R, Install the required packages:

install.packages(
c("ggimage",
"rhandsontable",
"reactable",
"timevis",
"shiny",
"shinydashboard",
"tidyverse",
"here",
"shinyWidgets",
"DT",
"data.table")
)

4. Once you are in the R_workshop project, run the main WNBA app:

   shiny::runApp("app.R")