Dashboards to Aid British Government Decisions (using R)
summary
Datacove builds a bespoke Shiny dashboard for DEFRA that delivers an alpha product (2023) and a beta dashboard (summer 2024) as part of a five‑year roadmap, integrating multiple APIs and local council data, adding CSS/JavaScript customisation, interactive charts and an accessibility audit so screen readers and contrast-compliant palettes work, and claiming cost‑effective hosting at $350/month hosting; the demo shows the dashboards live, interactive, and in active use.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:08Project aims and context
- 3:38Four departments driving decisions
- 4:43Problems with visualization
- 6:28Why Shiny was chosen
- 8:34Designing the Shiny app
- 10:00Customizing charts with Highcharter
- 12:30Styling with JavaScript and CSS
- 14:56Consistent color and fonts
- 16:41Adding logos and fonts
- 18:28Accessibility in design
- 21:13Live demo of well-being dashboard
- 23:19Recommended R packages
- 24:22Promoting Earl conference
- 25:45Closing and Q&A
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