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The advanced-shiny repository is a curated collection of practical tips, design patterns, and mini Shiny apps focused on solving real-world challenges in R Shiny applications. The author (Dean Attali) collected many of the “harder” or less-documented tricks he uses or encounters frequently—things like controlling UI behavior dynamically, managing reactive logic, optimizing interactivity, and structuring large Shiny codebases. The repo’s structure includes folders of example apps each implementing a specific trick or pattern (e.g. loading spinners, dynamic UI, hiding/showing UI elements, handling file uploads, URL parameter inputs). Each example is runnable so developers can inspect code and behavior side-by-side. The README acts as a “table of contents” linking to example apps and the contexts in which they are useful (beginner, intermediate, advanced).
Features
- Collection of mini Shiny apps demonstrating advanced UI/reactive tricks
- Dynamic UI manipulation (hiding/showing elements, disabling inputs, toggles)
- Loading animations and spinner integration for reactive outputs
- Examples for parsing and using URL parameters in Shiny apps
- Structural patterns: splitting code, modularization, decoupling UI and server logic
- Code templates and documented examples to reduce boilerplate for common challenges
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