R Deep Learning Essentials - Second Edition

Neural network web application

First, we will look at an R Shiny web application. I encourage you to run the application and follow the examples as it will really help you to get a better understanding of how neural networks work. In order to run it, you will have to open the Chapter3 project in RStudio.

What is R Shiny? R Shiny is an R package from the RStudio company that allows you to create interactive web apps using only R code. You can build dashboards and visualizations, and use the full functionality of R. You can extend R Shiny apps with CSS, widgets, and JavaScript. It is also possible to host your applications online. It is a great tool with which to showcase data science applications and I encourage you to look into it if you ...