Liam Kalita starts a new series:
Being able to host static content on RStudio Connect means we can host ReactJS applications on the platform. React is a great framework for developing web applications, with a lot of power and flexibility when creating user interfaces. Separating {shiny} applications into a user interface and a data processing API has its advantages.
In this blog series, we will guide you through creating the application from the RStudio tutorial for creating a {shiny} app, except we’ll be attempting it using ReactJS and an R {plumber} API instead of {shiny}. In this blog, part 1, we will be introducing you to the technologies we will need for the tutorial.
Read on for the essentials of what plumber and ReactJS are and why you might use each of them.