Appsilon's Shiny Masterclass is Now Available

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May 5, 2021

[embed]https://youtu.be/MYVojGHeKAc[/embed] <h2>Mastering Shiny with Appsilon: Building, Scaling, and Deploying Shiny Apps</h2> 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. The full session recording is now available to the public on our <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6LqpR5qBfNlQp5mVIVsthA" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">YouTube channel</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! This article summarizes the Shiny Masterclass session and provides timestamps for each section: <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">Shiny Masterclass Details</h2> Here's a list of topics covered in the 3-hour session: <ul><li>Best practices for developing durable Shiny apps</li><li>Theming Shiny & R Markdown</li><li>Styling Shiny with CSS and SASS</li><li>Speeding up Shiny apps with <code>updateInput</code> and JavaScript</li><li>Guide to Shiny Open Source Packages</li><li>Scaling Shiny to hundreds (or thousands) of users</li><li>Shiny Innovations: <code>shiny.react</code>, <code>shiny.fluent</code>, and beyond</li></ul> Also, you can learn some interesting things about <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://rstudio.github.io/bslib/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">bslib</a> (R package which provides tools for creating custom Bootstrap themes) and <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://rstudio.github.io/thematic/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">thematic</a> (R package which makes theming of R graphics simple). <h2 id="presenters">Presenters</h2> Session modules were presented by Appsilon and RStudio team members that are experts in Shiny, including: <ul><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/pedro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pedro Silva</a> – Software Engineer @ Appsilon & <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/rstudio-shiny-decisions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Grand Prize Winner</a> of the 2020 RStudio Shiny Contest</li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/dominik/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dominik Krzemiński</a> – Open Source Tech Lead @ Appsilon & <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/shiny-semantic-contest-peoples-choice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">People's Choice Winner</a> of 2020 shiny.semantic Contest</li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/olga/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Olga Mierzwa-Sulima</a> – Senior Data Scientist @ Appsilon</li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://twitter.com/thomas_mock?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tom Mock</a> – Customer Success @ RStudio & Creator of #TidyTuesday</li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonhagerty/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Shannon Hagerty</a> – Customer Success Representative @ RStudio</li><li><a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://wordpress.appsilon.com/author/damian/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Damian Rodziewicz</a> – Co-Founder @ Appsilon</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">Marek Rogala</a> – CTO and Co-Founder @ Appsilon</li></ul> <h2 id="masterclass">R Shiny Masterclass: Section Guide</h2><ul><li>0:00 - Introduction</li><li>2:00 - Who is Appsilon?</li><li>5:48 - Theming Shiny & R Markdown (bslib and thematic)</li><li>29:00 - Styling Shiny with CSS and SASS</li><li>53:00 - Speeding Up Shiny Apps</li><li>1:11:00 - Guide to Shiny Open Source</li><li>1:21:00 - Best Practices for Developing Shiny Apps</li><li>1:43:00 - Scaling Shiny to Thousands of Users</li><li>2:02:00 - Shiny Innovation - shiny.fluent, shiny.react, and beyond</li><li>2:36:00 - Appsilon is Hiring!</li><li>2:41:00 - Q&A</li></ul> <h2 id="hiring">We're Hiring</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>