The Best Resources for Learning Shiny App Development

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What is Shiny again

Shiny is an R package that makes it easy to build interactive web apps straight from R ... Shiny combines the computational power of R with the interactivity of the modern web. – RStudio

Posit (formerly Studio) is behind such beloved products as the RStudio IDE, R markdown, the tidyverse set of packages, and Shiny. It is then just fitting to open the list of Shiny-related resources with all the amazing content produced by the folks closest to Shiny.

• Written and video tutorials for users who are new to Shiny
• Shiny app gallery to be inspired by and to learn from
• Articles related to all aspects of Shiny app development
• Getting help with anything related to R and Shiny

Books

• Mastering Shiny by Hadley Wickham
• Engineering Production-Grade Shiny Apps by Colin Fay and others
• Outstanding User Interfaces with Shiny by David Granjon

Tutorials

• Shiny tutorial and cheat sheet by Zev Ross
• A gradual introduction to Shiny by Ted Laderas et al.
• Building Shiny apps – an interactive tutorial by Dean Attali

These resources represent my go-to places when I need a refresher or inspiration. If you know of a great resource that deserves to be listed here, please suggest a title on Twitter (@analythium)!