Sparklines in Reactable Tables
Published: March 13, 2025
Following on from the first blog in the series where we looked at getting started with the sparkline package, we are now looking at how to use them in {reactable} HTML tables.
Osheen MacOscar
Osheen has a 1st Class Honours BSc in Mathematics from Manchester Metropolitan University. He is an aspiring data scientist who can’t wait to get started teaching and working on projects for JR.
Shiny in Production 2025: Abstracts Deadline Extension
Published: March 11, 2025
Due to popular demand we are extending the abstract deadline for Shiny in Production 2025, to be held on 8th-9th October 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Read on for more details on how to submit your work.
Shiny in Production 2025: Call for Abstracts
Published: February 17, 2025
We are excited to announce the Call for Abstracts for Shiny in Production 2025, to be held on 8th-9th October 2025 in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. Read on for more details on how to submit your work.
Sparkline Package
Published: February 13, 2025
This is part one of a multiple part blog series, in which I will be demonstrating how to create inline visualisations using the {sparkline} R package.
Creating an animated Christmas tree in R
Published: December 24, 2024
In this short Christmassy blog we will show you how to use {ggplot2}, {sf} and {gganimate} to create a festive animation of a sparkling Christmas tree.
Training Lineup for 2025: January-June
Published: November 7, 2024
All of our public training courses for the first half of 2025 are now available to book! Head over to our public training webpage to book in and start building your programming skills in the new year! In this blog, we list all of our upcoming courses with a description, bookable dates, course level and a link to find out more.
Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse
Published: December 14, 2023
Inspired by Colin Fay's Shiny in Production 2022 talk, "Destroy All Widgets", this blog post series explores how to use Google Lighthouse to measure the performance of your Shiny apps. The last blog in the Lighthouse series uses Google Lighthouse to see the differences each component has on the app times.
Analysing Shiny App start-up Times with Google Lighthouse
Published: December 7, 2023
Inspired by Colin Fay's Shiny in Production 2022 talk, "Destroy All Widgets", this blog post series explores how to use Google Lighthouse to measure the performance of your Shiny apps. In this second post of the series, we show how to use lighthouse to analyse your app's start-up times.
Using Google Lighthouse for Web Pages
Published: November 30, 2023
Inspired by Colin Fay's Shiny in Production 2022 talk, "Destroy All Widgets", this blog post series explores how to use Google Lighthouse to measure the performance of your Shiny apps. In this first post of the series, we show how to run and read Google Lighthouse reports.
Highlights from Shiny in Production (2023)
Published: October 19, 2023
On October 12-13 2023, Jumping Rivers hosted the Shiny in Production conference, delving into all things Shiny! Read on for a rundown of the event highlights.
Getting started with Tableau
Published: November 17, 2022
Tableau Public is a free platform which allows you to upload data, create visualisations and publish them for the community to see. In this blog you will learn how easy it is to get started and how intuitive it is to use.
2020 Training Review
Published: October 22, 2021
Our annual training review is back! Like many other training providers, we had to pivot to online learning in 2020, which brought with it challenges but also new opportunities. The review will show you what the year looked like for our trainers and training course attendees, including which trainer taught the most courses!
