webR, and the next generation of app with R For the past couple of months, I’ve been sharing how webR will transform the way we build apps with R inside. If you’re unfamiliar, webR is a WebAssembly compilation of R. In simpler terms, it enables R to run within JavaScript environments. If you are familiar, you know it’s a bit ...

Let’s continue our exploration of integrating JavaScript code into a {shiny} application! We will show how to move beyond the classic graphs produced in base R or with {ggplot2} to explore the interactive dataviz production libraries of JavaScript, particularly the Chart.js library. If you missed our first article on integrating JavaScript libraries into a {shiny} application I invite you to ...