Publishing Visualizations in R with Shiny and flexdashboard

Data visualization is a critical skill for anyone that routinely using quantitative data in his or her work - which is to say that data visualization is a tool that almost every worker needs today. One of the critical tools for data visualization today is the R statistical programming language. Especially in conjunction with the tidyverse software packages, R has become an extremely powerful and flexible platform for making figures, tables, and reproducible reports. However, R can be intimidating for first time users, and there are so many resources online that it can be difficult to sort through without guidance.This course is the fourth in the Specialization “Data Visualization and Dashboarding in R.” Learners will come to this course with a strong background in making visualization in R using ggplot2. To build on those skills, this course covers creating interactive visualization using Shiny, as well as combining different kinds of figures made in R into interactive dashboards.

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Syllabus

Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Week 1
Introduction to Shiny
Week 2
Customizing Shiny Apps
Week 3
flexdashboard

FAQ

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Is financial aid available?

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Reviews

Another one! And it's getting better and better. Enjoyed every bit of it, thank you.

Practical dashboard development with Shiny and Flexdashboard, very focused on the tools and underlying components of the libraries.

Awesome place to get started if you are learning Shiny and Flexdashboard

This course is a good start for people who are interested in learning about R Shiny and flexdashboard.