Episode 32: Consulting with Shiny Panel Discussion
In this special live recording of the Shiny Developer Series held at the first-ever Appsilon Shiny Conferenbce, host Eric Nantz welcomed back an all-star panel of Dean Attali, Tanya Cashorali, Pedro Silva, and Mike Thomas to share their unique perspectives on the life of a Shiny application developer in the world of consulting. The panel discussed topics such as their favorite techniques used across production apps, advice for becoming a Shiny consultant, and ways Shiny can integrate seamlessly with other tech stacks.
Resources mentioned in the episode
00:00:00 Panelist introductions
00:03:20 What are key skills to build production-quality Shiny apps
00:10:05 Creating an app that doesn't feel like a standard Shiny app
00:17:15 Getting started with consulting/freelancing Shiny development
00:27:00 Advice for teams to increase Shiny dev skills
00:36:10 Tools/packages used every day
00:45:15 App development workflows
00:49:30 Underrated techniques
00:58:20 Episode wrapup
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Resources mentioned in the episode
- Shiny Modules: shiny.rstudio.com/articles/modules.html
- Overview of the {sass} package: rstudio.github.io/sass/articles/sass.html
- {waiter} Loading screens for Shiny: github.com/JohnCoene/waiter
- Tooltips with {shinyBS}: ebailey78.github.io/shinyBS/docs/Tooltips_and_Popovers.html
- Interactive web-based data visualization with R, {plotly}, and {shiny}: plotly-r.com
- {shinyjs} Easily improve the user experience of your Shiny apps in seconds: deanattali.com/shinyjs/
- {reactable} Interactive data tables for R: glin.github.io/reactable
- Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship
00:00:00 Panelist introductions
00:03:20 What are key skills to build production-quality Shiny apps
00:10:05 Creating an app that doesn't feel like a standard Shiny app
00:17:15 Getting started with consulting/freelancing Shiny development
00:27:00 Advice for teams to increase Shiny dev skills
00:36:10 Tools/packages used every day
00:45:15 App development workflows
00:49:30 Underrated techniques
00:58:20 Episode wrapup
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📽 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/contact
If 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!
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