Where should I put shinyproxy?

[Luke Singham]

I've been playing around with shinyproxy at work the last couple of weeks and written a how-to blog. I think it is a great piece of kit and should feature on this awesome list. It's a free alternative to shiny server pro, with all the benefits. However, I don't think it fits neatly under the current headings:

Services - currently this lists where you might deploy a shiny app, but shinyproxy itself is not a service.
Packages - it's not an R package
Integrations - it's not really an integration/api.

It is related to deployment though. So I'm wondering whether a new heading of "Deployment" with "[hosting] Services" (e.g. shinyapps.io) as a subheading and "Deployment Software" e.g. shiny server / shinyproxy as another subheading.

Happy for any and all suggestions. :)

[Rob Gilmore]

@ucg8j @sdhutchins I would say:

Services

• R-Studio Server
• Shiny-Server
• ShinyProxy

You could rearrange it a bit though if you wanted to.

[Rob Gilmore]

Feel free to make another heading if you want.

[Shaurita Hutchins]

I think adding a Deployment subheading would be awesome even if it is under Services, but I more or less agree with @grabear, @ucg8j.

For example:

Services

• R-Studio Server
• Deployment:
  • ShinyProxy

[Luke Singham]

Sorry for the belated response. Here's what it looks like at present with some comments as to why I've structured things differently under the 'Proposed Structure'. If you don't have major objections to the proposed structure I'll submit a PR on the dev branch over the next couple of days:

Current structure...

Deployment

• R-Studio Server
  Does this belong on the awesome shiny list? Maybe awesome-R, but my understanding of RStudio Server is that it is more about having the IDE in a browser.
• Shiny Server
  For those who want to self host
• ShinyApps.io
  PAAS
• Digital Ocean
  Tutorial by @daattali on how a deploy on a VPS (digital ocean)
• RStudio Connect
  Host shiny web applications plus more features

Proposed structure...

Deployment

Self Hosting

• Shiny Server
• RStudio Connect
• Shinyproxy

Platform As A Service (PAAS)

• ShinyApps.io
• Heruku - with buildpack scripts

Tutorials

• Dean Attali: Digital Ocean Deployment

[Shaurita Hutchins]

I like the changes @ucg8j

[Rob Gilmore]

I like what you did there too! @ucg8j

[Luke Singham]

Awesome! I'll do a PR today. Thanks for your help.

[Luke Singham]

PR submitted :)

[jjunnior]

Will it work on Windows too?