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Simple guide for simple shiny application 

TL;DR

I made shiny application in github page with quarto.

You can check code in my github repository and result, result2


How we use shiny

Shiny is R package to make user utilize R with web browser without install it.

So my company utilizes shiny to provide statistical analysis for doctors (who don’t know R but need statistics).


Behind shiny

As you know, shiny is consisted with 2 part. UI and Server

You may think just UI is channel to both get input (data) from user and return calculated output (result) to user.
and server is just calculator

It means, server requires dynamic calculation that may change, not fixed contents (it called as static web page)

To achieve dynamic calculation, there are several options.

We can use shinyapps.io, posit connect, or deploy own shiny server in other cloud like AWS / azure / GCP …

These options can be categorized into two main categories: free but with limited features, or feature-rich but paid.

There is no single right answer, but I use shinyapps.io in see toy level project or deploy using shiny server in company’s cloud server which is not just toy level.

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