Widget types
Before we move on to a more advanced application, let's have a look at the main widgets that you will make use of within Shiny. I've built a Shiny application that will show you what they all look like, as well as showing their outputs and the type of data they return. To run it, just enter the following command:
> runGist(6571951)
This is one of the several built-in functions of Shiny that allow you to run code hosted on the Internet. Details about sharing your own creations in other ways are discussed in Chapter 7, Sharing Your Creations. The finished application looks like the following:
You can see the function names (checkboxGroupInput ...
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