Why Is My Dashboard Ugly? A Crash Course in R Shiny UI

By:
Appsilon Team
October 8, 2020


<p style="text-align: center;"><em>This presentation by Pedro Silva is from a joint webinar with <a href="https://appsilon.com/shiny" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Appsilon</a> and RStudio. Find a direct link to the video <a href="https://youtu.be/MQ7B4y1Y4ew" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">here</a>.</em></p>

<h2>How to Make Shiny Dashboards Look Great</h2>
Have you ever wanted to create a dashboard that is both beautiful and user-friendly, but failed completely? We've all been there, and we've all seen our fair share of hideous-looking dashboards. In this video, Pedro Silva from Appsilon walks you through the basics of dashboard <b>User Interface</b>. Pedro explains why UI is important, what you should pay attention to when creating a web app or Shiny dashboard, and (most importantly) what kinds of tools will make your Shiny apps look professional: <b>shinydashboard, <a href="https://appsilon.com/shiny-semantic-0-4-0-update/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shiny.semantic</a>, HTMLWidgets, CSS,</b> <strong>JavaScript</strong>, and more.
<blockquote>Learn More: <a href="https://appsilon.com/is-it-possible-to-build-a-video-game-in-r-shiny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How to Build a Video Game in R Shiny with CSS, JavaScript, and R6 Classes</a></blockquote>
Pedro also walks us through some user-friendly Shiny dashboard examples made with Appsilon's open source shiny.semantic package, as well as Shiny dashboards made with custom styling. 

<img class="aligncenter wp-image-4134 size-large" src="https://webflow-prod-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/6525256482c9e9a06c7a9d3c%2F65b021de2f5bcf28b1a7879a_screencapture-sparktuga-shinyapps-io-ShinyDecisions-2020-05-05-18_11_00-1024x499.webp" alt="R Shiny Game" width="1024" height="499" />
<p style="text-align: center;"><em>A grand prize winner of RStudio's 2020 Shiny Contest, <a href="https://appsilon.com/rstudio-shiny-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shiny Decisions</a> is a video game made in R Shiny by Pedro Silva.</em></p>
If you need help creating advanced enterprise Shiny dashboards, please reach out to <a href="https://appsilon.com/shiny">Appsilon</a>. We are world leaders in Shiny app development, and we routinely create stable and beautiful dashboards for Fortune 500 clients.

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<h3>Looking for more R Shiny tutorials? We’ve got you covered:</h3><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://appsilon.com/journey-from-basic-prototype-to-production-ready-shiny-dashboard/">A Journey from a Basic Prototype to Production-ready Shiny Dashboard </a></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><a href="https://appsilon.com/shiny-worker-package/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shiny.worker: Speed Up R Shiny Apps by Offloading Heavy Calculations</a></li><li><a href="https://appsilon.com/why-you-should-use-r-shiny-for-enterprise-application-development/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Why You Should Use R Shiny for Enterprise Application Development</a></li></ul>

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