Radiant – Business analytics using R and Shiny

radiant-rstats.github.io

57 points·preetish··10 comments

https://radiant-rstats.github.io/docs/install.html

I'd love to try this out, but "Important: Windows users must install R in directory C:\R\R-3.3.1" is a problem: the default Windows R installer installs to C:\Program Files\

I see that the install instructions only mention Windows and Mac, no Linux. Can I help you fix that? Which packages give you trouble on Linux?

> I'd love to try this out, but "Important: Windows users must install R in directory C:\R\R-3.3.1" is a problem: the default Windows R installer installs to C:\Program Files\

Simply use a NTFS "Junction" and you're all set

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.as...

why an extra programm? simple command would suffice.

``` mklink /J C:\R\R-3.3.1 "C:\Program Files\R-3.3.1" ```

remember though, deleting that created Junction removes the files from the filesystem! you need to unlink it... deleted 90 GBs like that once sigh

Great idea! That worked quite well, thanks.

That worked well, thanks!

This could make a good "Show HN" if it meets the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

I love Shiny. Definitely look forward to trying this out.

How is this different from Shiny? I couldn't quite tell.

My understanding is that Radiant is a collection of useful statistical models and other tools displayed using Shiny.

Radiant basically allows you to import a dataset and run a collection of models against that dataset, all in your browser.

It's a Shiny app, with packaged, or integrated, functionality so you don't have to write the code yourself.

I found it fantastic because it allow me to do stuff quickly without having to learn Shiny.

Do you know of any other GUI charting R apps like Radiant besides GrapheR and Deducer?

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