Thread by @JonTheGeek

The first talk after lunch is @NicholasStrayer showing us a new way to build shiny ui! #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

Github.com/rstudio/flexda… old issue with lots of thumbs up. @fly_upside_down replied "you can't actually create this right now." This issue partially motivated this work. #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

"Shiny's superpower is being a force multiplier for data scientists to share their work with a broader audience" #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

They want to free up data scientists to focus on data science, not on constructing uis. #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

shinyuieditor package is the new visual drag and drop editor #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

It isn't a new ui framework. It writes gridlayout code. More layouts in the future.
Doesn't lock you into using it. If you stop using it, you can edit the code like other shiny apps. #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

Oh hmmmm. When we can go back and forth between visual and code... Presumably we could take (compatible) shiny apps, load them in the visual editor, and export python code. Once it works for python. Maybe? (this is purely my speculation) #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats

shinyuieditor workflow

🚀 Launch with shinyuieditor::launch_editor(app_loc)
(Can exist or not)
🖊️Edit your app with the visual interface or the app's code
❌Close the browser: enjoy new app
🔁 (optional) Rinse, repeat

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Oh I was on my tangent about python when he mentioned... This is #RStats only right now. Sorry, snake people! But you have serverless #PyShiny apps so you win for now! #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf

KISS: Keep It Simple Shiny

There will always be things you have to code if you want to be fancy.
And this is the ui, not server.
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Did anybody get a photo of the all important final slide with all the links and qr code? They turned it off a microsecond before my photo 😭 #RStudioConf2022 #RStudioConf #RStats