Episode 30 of the Shiny Developer Series reveals just how the power of open source software can be used to provide meaningful improvement to our daily lives. In the first of a two-part series, chief data scientist Mike Thomas reveals the motivation behind his brilliant COVID-19 test locator Shiny application, empowering a local community in Connecticut to efficiently report and track availability of test kits in a huge time of need. After a tour of the application interface, Mike shares his favorite techniques to bring an efficient user experience and the backend integrations with APIs to bring production-grade features to life.Resources mentioned in the episodeCOVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter (App) - ketchbrookanalytics.shinyapps.io/covid_test_spotterCOVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter (Code) - github.com/ketchbrookanalytics/covid_test_spotterApp blog post - www.ketchbrookanalytics.com/post/ketchbrook-analytics-launches-website-to-help-connecticut-residents-find-covid-19-test-kitsOlivia Adams' interview with CNN - www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/08/software-developer-builds-simple-massachusetts-covid-19-vaccine-website-olivia-adams-intv-newday-vpx.cnnR Packages by Hadley Wickham and Jenny Bryan - r-pkgs.org{googleWay} Shiny vignette - symbolixau.github.io/googleway/articles/googleway-vignette.html#shinyEpisode Timestamps00:00:00 Episode Introduction 00:01:31 Mike's introductiona and journey with R & Shiny 00:07:20 Data science consulting and Ketchbrook Analytics 00:11:40 Olivia Adams' inspiring story 00:17:40 Demo of Mike's COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter App 00:31:55 App code introduction 00:32:10 googleway package integrating the Google Maps API 00:36:25 Pulling addresses from map searches 00:41:10 Using MongoDB for records collection 00:43:15 bslib to simulate the multi-page app experience 00:46:20 Episode wrapup shinydevseries::session_info()📽 Find previous interviews at https://shinydevseries.com📋 Feedback is more than welcome! Please send your comments or suggestions on our contact form at shinydevseries.com/contactIf you enjoyed this video or got value from it, then consider dropping something in the tip jar. Any money raised will be used to improve the channel and invest in additional equipment and resources to make the content even better!💰 https://bit.ly/sdstip📨 Help shape the future direction of the Shiny Developer Series live streams by completing this very short surveyMedia production for the Shiny Developer Series is made possible by these outstanding projects and platforms:OBS Studio: https://obsproject.com/OBS Fully Loaded install script by Martin Wimpress: https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-fully-loadedVDO Ninja: https://vdo.ninjaStreamElements: https://streamelements.comShotCut: https://shotcut.org/Pop@_OS by System76: https://pop.system76.com/Ubuntu: https://ubuntu.com/