Chapter 4. Shiny Structure – Reactivity Concepts
Before diving deep into the different possibilities that Shiny provides, it is necessary to have a clear understanding of what Shiny is. For this reason, this chapter covers its central concepts with a special focus on reactivity and explains the structure of their implementation.
In short, we will cover the following topics:
- Shiny as a package
- An introduction to
server.RandUI.R - The concept of reactivity
- Reactive independent processes within an application
- An introduction to
global.R - Running a Shiny web application
- An overview of simple examples