Shiny - a great tool for developing data visualizations on the cheap.
Rating: 8 out of 10
IncentivizedUse Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Shiny in our labs to create data dashboards for a lay audience. It's a very effective tool for creating data visualizations for a lay audience. Essentially it allows data experts to create important visualizations that can be easily accessed by the end-users we are targeting. We use it frequently.
Pros
- Data tables are appealing to look at.
- Enables us to create trend indexes in an effective way.
- Easy to integrate with the rest of my R syntax.
Cons
- There's definitely a learning curve.
- There's a lot of functionality such as HTML widgets that require more than just R experience.
- There are a variety of tools available, but it can be tough to know where to start.
Likelihood to Recommend
I think that Shiny is a great tool for someone who wants to create data visualizations outside of Tableau Desktop or Power BI, which are both common in the data visualization industry. I think that it may be less suitable for folks who have the funds for Tableau or Power Bi licenses.
KW
Kenton Woods
Research Assistant in Research & Development at Arizona State University (5001-10,000 employees)
Vetted Review
1 year of experience