RStudio Meetup: Optimizing Shiny for enterprise-grade apps

*please note the date has changed of this meetup from May 11th to May 25th

RStudio Meetup: Optimizing Shiny for enterprise-grade apps
Presented by Veerle van Leemput

Abstract:
Shiny allows you to build awesome web applications and most people praise Shiny as the ideal tool to build MVPs or quick internal dashboards. But a full-blown enterprise-level app is within Shiny’s capabilities as well! 

During this meetup Veerle will tell more about how they’ve used Shiny to build subscription based apps for the UK pharmaceutical market. Optimising and monitoring performance are important aspects when your clients rely on your app to make decisions every day. And while that is true for every web application (independent of it being written with Shiny) there are some specific tips and tricks that will help you to get the most out of Shiny.

Veerle will share some of her own experiences and will give you a look into how they manage the following:

• IT infrastructure for enterprise-level Shiny apps
• Loading time and general performance of your app
• How to choose your number of R processes, number of allowed connections per process and load factor
• How to add tests to your application
• How to monitor app performance

Speaker bio:

Veerle van Leemput is an entrepreneur who gets excited about data and programming. She is Managing Director and Head of Data Science at Analytic Health, a UK-based start-up company that develops intelligent and accessible technology which gives organisations the tools they need to accelerate innovation in healthcare. She has a Master’s Degree in Data Science and multiple years of experience in the pharmaceutical market. At Analytic Health, they make enterprise-level Shiny applications and manage the majority of their data pipeline in R.

Veerle van Leemput: https://www.linkedin.com/in/veerlevanleemput/
Analytic Health: https://analytichealth.co.uk