

Rstudio automatically opens two new files: ui.R and server.R. Select Multiple File and choose a directory to store the new app’s files.

When prompted, choose a name for your project. In the File menu, under New File, select Shiny Web App…. Open RStudio and install the Shiny package: install.packages('shiny') However, in order to demonstrate the process of deploying an app, you will create an app locally and deploy it to a Shiny Server on a Linode. Shiny Server comes with pre-installed demo apps. If you do not have RStudio installed on your local computer, follow our How to Deploy RStudio Using an NGINX Reverse Proxy guide to set up a remote workstation on a Linode. There are many ways to deploy Shiny apps to the web this guide uses Shiny Server to host an example Shiny app on a Linode. Shiny is a library for the R programming language that allows you to create interactive web apps in native R, without needing to use web technologies such as HTML, CSS, or JavaScript.
