11. Deployment

Local deployment

• runApp for RStudio

• launch from GitHub

  • shiny::runGitHub(“your-repo-name”, username = “github-username”, ref = “branch”)

Server deployment

• ‘Shiny’ servers

  • Free and paid options

    • shinyapps.io

    • Considerations of interaction with internal systems

• talk to your IT department

Other

• Shiny apps can be as complicated or as simple as required

• More interaction with your app necessitates more internal checks to be in place

• Consideration to who and how your app will be used