Description

Building Data Products with R: Shiny, Leaflet, and R Markdown

Data science isn’t complete until insights are **in the hands of decision-makers**. This Johns Hopkins course teaches you to build **interactive web applications** using Shiny, create stunning reports with R Markdown, and visualize spatial data with Leaflet—all in R.

Projects You’ll Build

  • An interactive dashboard that lets users filter and explore data
  • A geospatial app showing disease outbreaks with Leaflet
  • A dynamic report that updates with new data automatically
  • A Shiny gadget for interactive data cleaning inside RStudio

Skills You’ll Gain

  • Shiny—reactive programming, UI/Server architecture
  • R Markdown—parameterized reports, dashboards, websites
  • Leaflet—interactive maps with popups, layers, and markers
  • Deployment—publish to RStudio Connect, shinyapps.io, or GitHub Pages

Why This Matters

Communicating results is **50% of the job**. This course ensures your work gets seen—and used.

Who Is This For?

  • Analysts needing to share insights beyond static PDFs
  • Researchers building interactive companion apps for papers
  • Students in the Johns Hopkins Data Science Specialization
  • Consultants delivering client-facing tools

Turn Analysis into Action

You’ll learn to build **living data products**—not just static charts.

Ready to make your data interactive? Enroll now.