Episode 20: Outstanding User Interfaces with David Granjon

By The Shiny Dev Series Team

May 7, 2021

Episode 20 of the Shiny Developer series is here! As someone who has authored many production grade Shiny applications, I have come to realize that sophisticated backend functionality is not the only area one needs to address, it is also the end-user experience and how the application is presented. I am thrilled to welcome back David Granjon to the Shiny Developer Series to discuss the journey and key topics addressed in his brand-new textbook Outstanding User Interfaces with Shiny! Plus David leads us through a comprehensive demonstration of amazing new capabilities of the awesome bs4Dash package, part of the RinteRface project. I hope you enjoy this episode!

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Episode Timestamps

0:00 Episode Introduction
3:47 What’s new in RinteRface
4:43 Demo of {bs4Dash}
24:09 David’s new book: Outstanding User Interfaces with Shiny
38:15 Creating custom dashboard templates
43:53 Moving away from renderUI using custom handlers, and why you should manage content with handlers
46:50 Shiny UI advice, tips for balancing UX with backend performance of the app
54:40 Episode wrapup