RPubs is an open publishing platform for HTML documents produced using RMarkdown from within RStudio, it provides a simple way to host and share your presentations and documents. Documents stored on RPubs are available publically and allow others to comment on your content using Disqus. This video will show you how to register for a RPub account, showcase and share the presentations and/or reports you create using RMarkdown.
- [Voiceover] So, why use the RPubs platform?…Well, if you have a HTML R Markdown presentation or document…and you want to host that somewhere that other people…can view your content and comment on it,…then RPubs provides a great platform for that.…So, if we go to the RPubs website, rpubs.com,…then we can see that it describes itself as,…"Easy web publishing from R."…Every document which is published from our studio to RPubs…is immediately available publicly to everyone.…You have here a list…of the most recently published articles.…
And if I click on a most recently published one here,…I'm not so interested in the content…(mumbles) be different for yourselves.…What I want to highlight here is the comments feature.…So the Disqus comments integrated directly into RPubs.…And it's also possible to share the documents…through Twitter, Facebook, and Google+.…So, in summary,…RPubs is an open platform for publishing…R Markdown documents and presentations.…It allows HTML files to be shared freely with others,…and includes a commenting feature using Disqus.…
Author
Martin Hadley
Released
4/27/2016Discover the different types of presentations you can make right out of the box with R Markdown templates (built right into RStudio) and how to customize the templates with CSS. Find out how to register for RPubs to deploy RStudio presentations for sharing, and then go beyond the basics with Shiny—adding interactivity and creating embeddable dashboards without the need for HTML or JavaScript.
This is an exciting course for analysts who want to increase the relevance and visibility of their work. Make sure to watch the knowledge checks at the end of each chapter to test your new skills.
- Installing and configuring RStudio
- Using R Markdown
- Adding slides to templates
- Working with code and charts
- Publishing presentations with RPubs
- Developing interactive charts and visualizations with Shiny
- Deploying presentations with shinyapps.io
- Making Shiny dashboards
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome1m 37s
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1. RStudio
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Why use RStudio?2m 32s
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RStudio install3m 14s
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RStudio setup2m 21s
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Knowledge check17s
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2. RMarkdown
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Why use RMarkdown?3m 2s
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Add slide to template4m 27s
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Add code and charts3m 50s
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Chunk options and CSS3m 18s
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Knowledge check17s
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3. RPubs
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Why use RPubs platform?1m 15s
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Publish to RPubs3m 5s
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Knowledge check17s
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4. Shiny
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Why use Shiny?1m 56s
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Different control types4m 30s
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Interdependent controls6m 29s
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Reactive expressions4m 58s
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Layout Shiny apps8m 8s
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Themes and customization3m 47s
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Knowledge check17s
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5. Deploy to Shiny
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Why use shinyapps.io?1m 27s
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Knowledge check17s
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6. Shiny Dashboards
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ui.R and server.R files3m 39s
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shinyAppDir5m 19s
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iframes3m 11s
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Knowledge check17s
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Conclusion
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Next steps2m 39s
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