Uploaded May 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
About the talk:
I'm not an expert in JavaScript, but I wanted to use cookies in my Shiny apps, and the easiest way to do that was to use the js-cookie JavaScript library. Once I got that working, I wrapped it into its own package, so that anyone (including future me) could easily use that library in future Shiny apps. I'll show how this effort led to the {cookies} package, which is now available on CRAN.
Speaker's bio:
Jon runs the R4DS Online Learning Community, a community of R learners at all skill levels working together to improve their skills. He seeks to make it easier for people to learn new skills, and to improve their existing skills. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his spouse, two children, and two large dogs.
About the talk:
I'm not an expert in JavaScript, but I wanted to use cookies in my Shiny apps, and the easiest way to do that was to use the js-cookie JavaScript library. Once I got that working, I wrapped it into its own package, so that anyone (including future me) could easily use that library in future Shiny apps. I'll show how this effort led to the {cookies} package, which is now available on CRAN.
Speaker's bio:
Jon runs the R4DS Online Learning Community, a community of R learners at all skill levels working together to improve their skills. He seeks to make it easier for people to learn new skills, and to improve their existing skills. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his spouse, two children, and two large dogs.
