Creating a web page or dashboard can be done using R with the Shiny package. Another way to do this is by using HTML, CSS, and Javascript, or called web programming languages. But, R can replace most of the basic functions of web programming in making a dashboard.
This article describes a simple interactive dashboard developed using R, incorporating a few programming languages. The dataset is Covid19 cases happening in Indonesia from March 2020 until mid-July 2020. The chart shows the time series of Covid19 cases: total cases, death cases, recovered cases, new cases, new deaths, and new recovered. It is interactive because the chart is made using Plotly package. Hover the pointer there, and it will show the individual bar or line information. Ggplot is not interactive like this. The chart is also reactive. Users can set which months to show on the graph from the checkboxes.
Continue reading “R Shiny Dashboard”
Data Science and GIS 