How can I create an interactive dashboard using RStudio and Plotly?

How can I create an interactive dashboard using RStudio and Plotly?

You can create an interactive dashboard in RStudio using the 'shiny' package along with 'plotly' for visualizations. Would you like a step-by-step guide?

Yes, please! What are the first steps?

First, install the necessary packages by running install.packages('shiny') and install.packages('plotly'). Then, create a new Shiny app.

What should I include in my Shiny app?

Include a UI for user inputs and a server function to handle the data and generate Plotly plots. Would you like a code example?

That would be great! Can you provide a simple code snippet?

Sure! Here's a basic example:

library(shiny)
library(plotly)

ui <- fluidPage(
  titlePanel('My Dashboard'),
  sidebarLayout(
    sidebarPanel(
      sliderInput('num', 'Number of Points:', 1, 100, 50)
    ),
    mainPanel(
      plotlyOutput('plot')
    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output) {
  output$plot <- renderPlotly({
    plot_ly(x = rnorm(input$num), y = rnorm(input$num), type = 'scatter', mode = 'markers')
  })
}

shinyApp(ui = ui, server = server)

This will create a simple scatter plot!