Introduction

While many people turn to the open-source programming language R for statistical and graphics applications, Shiny is an R package that allows you to convert your R code into interactive webpages. With Shiny, you can use Shiny Server (available in both a free, open-source format and a paid, professional format) to host and manage Shiny applications and interactive R markdown documents.

In this tutorial, you will install and configure Shiny and the open-source version of Shiny Server on a server running Ubuntu 20.04. You will also install an additional package to run interactive R Markdown documents.

Prerequisites

To complete this tutorial, you will need:

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