[embed]https://youtu.be/MYVojGHeKAc[/embed] <h2><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Mastering Shiny with Appsilon: Building, Scaling, and Deploying Shiny Apps</span></h2> <span data-preserver-spaces="true">Early this year at rstudio::global, Appsilon and RStudio held a 3-hour long Shiny Masterclass X-Session. We covered many popular Shiny topics, from beginner level to expert level. T</span><span data-preserver-spaces="true">he full session recording is now available to the public on our </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6LqpR5qBfNlQp5mVIVsthA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">YouTube channel</span></a>. You can also find the session recordings on <a href="https://blog.rstudio.com/2021/03/15/mastering-shiny-with-appsilon-x-session-recordings-are-now-available/">RStudio's Blog</a>. If you watch via YouTube, please subscribe to Appsilon's channel for more R/Shiny tutorials! <span data-preserver-spaces="true">This article summarizes the Shiny Masterclass session and provides timestamps for each section:</span> <ul><li><a href="#details">Shiny Masterclass Details</a></li><li><a href="#presenters">Presenters</a></li><li><a href="#masterclass">R Shiny Masterclass Section Guide</a></li><li><a href="#hiring">We're Hiring</a></li></ul> <h2 id="details"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Shiny Masterclass Details</span></h2> <span data-preserver-spaces="true">Here's a list of topics covered in the 3-hour session:</span> <ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Best practices for developing durable Shiny apps</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Theming Shiny &amp; R Markdown</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Styling Shiny with CSS and SASS</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Speeding up Shiny apps with <code>updateInput</code> and JavaScript</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Guide to Shiny Open Source Packages</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Scaling Shiny to hundreds (or thousands) of users</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Shiny Innovations: <code>shiny.react</code>, <code>shiny.fluent</code>, and beyond</span></li></ul> <span data-preserver-spaces="true">Also, you can learn some interesting things about </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://rstudio.github.io/bslib/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">bslib</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> (R package which provides tools for creating custom Bootstrap themes) and </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://rstudio.github.io/thematic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">thematic</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> (R package which makes theming of R graphics simple). </span> <h2 id="presenters"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Presenters</span></h2> <span data-preserver-spaces="true">Session modules were presented by Appsilon and RStudio team members that are experts in Shiny, including:</span> <ul><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/pedro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Pedro Silva</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – Software Engineer @ Appsilon &amp; </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/rstudio-shiny-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Grand Prize Winner</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> of the 2020 RStudio Shiny Contest</span></li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/dominik/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Dominik Krzemiński</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – Open Source Tech Lead @ Appsilon &amp; </span><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/shiny-semantic-contest-peoples-choice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">People's Choice Winner</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> of 2020 shiny.semantic Contest</span></li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/olga/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Olga Mierzwa-Sulima</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – Senior Data Scientist @ Appsilon</span></li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/thomas_mock?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Tom Mock</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – Customer Success @ RStudio &amp; Creator of #TidyTuesday</span></li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonhagerty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Shannon Hagerty</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – Customer Success Representative @ RStudio</span></li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/damian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Damian Rodziewicz</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – Co-Founder @ Appsilon</span></li><li><a href="https://appsilon.com/author/filip/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Filip Stachura</a> – CEO and Co-Founder @ Appsilon</li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/marek/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">Marek Rogala</span></a><span data-preserver-spaces="true"> – CTO and Co-Founder @ Appsilon</span></li></ul> <h2 id="masterclass"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">R Shiny Masterclass: Section Guide</span></h2><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">0:00 - Introduction</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">2:00 - Who is Appsilon?</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">5:48 - Theming Shiny &amp; R Markdown (bslib and thematic)</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">29:00 - Styling Shiny with CSS and SASS</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">53:00 - Speeding Up Shiny Apps</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">1:11:00 - Guide to Shiny Open Source</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">1:21:00 - Best Practices for Developing Shiny Apps</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">1:43:00 - Scaling Shiny to Thousands of Users</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">2:02:00 - Shiny Innovation - shiny.fluent, shiny.react, and beyond</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">2:36:00 - Appsilon is Hiring!</span></li><li><span data-preserver-spaces="true">2:41:00 - Q&amp;A</span></li></ul> <h2 id="hiring"><span data-preserver-spaces="true">We're Hiring</span></h2> Appsilon is hiring for remote roles! See our <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/careers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Careers</a> page for all open positions, including <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/job-offer/?job=senior-r-shiny-developer" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Senior R Shiny Developers</a>. Join Appsilon and work on groundbreaking projects with the world's most influential Fortune 500 companies. We hire globally, with team members in Europe, Africa, the UK, and South America. <a href="https://appsilon.com/careers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-6541" src="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/appsilon.hiring.20-1024x576.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="576" /></a>