Shiny is a web application framework for R. We can create an interactive dashboard using Shiny. We will see the implementation of a sample dashboard using R and Shiny in detail.
In order to create interactive dashboards using Shiny from R, we need to install and load the shiny package in R:
install.packages("shiny") library(shiny)
After installing and loading the shiny package in R, you can check the \win-library\3.2\shiny\examples path in the R folder where the folders and files related to the packages are saved. The R folder would mostly be present in the program files; if R doesn't have the administrative privilege to write to the program files, it would be present in the Documents folder or any other custom folder specified during the installation or first-package installation.
In the examples folder, you can see various sample apps that have been developed. We can create a new folder and start the development of a new application. Alternatively...