Session summary:
Shiny for Python has the ability to be deployed without a server that runs Python. These applications can be served by any web hosting service. They are easily deployed and can scale to handle large amounts of traffic.
This mode of deployment is called Shinylive. It works by running Python in the user’s web browser, using Pyodide, which is a version of Python that is compiled to WebAssembly. Shinylive opens up new possibilities for how Shiny applications can be used. In this talk I discuss the advantages and the limitations of Shinylive applications.
Winston Chang is a software engineer at Posit and currently works on Shiny and related projects. He has also worked on several other R packages, including devtools, R6, and ggplot2. Winston is the author of the R Graphics Cookbook, published by O'Reilly Media, and has a PhD in psychology from Northwestern University.
