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Radiant – Business analytics using R and Shiny

57 points by preetish 10y ago

Phithagoras 10y ago
This could make a good "Show HN" if it meets the guidelines. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
IndianAstronaut 10y ago
I love Shiny. Definitely look forward to trying this out.
vijucat 10y ago
https://radiant-rstats.github.io/docs/install.html 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?
- draugadrotten 10y ago
  > 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.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.as...
  - y4mi 10y ago
    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
    - vijucat 10y ago
      Great idea! That worked quite well, thanks.
  - vijucat 10y ago
    That worked well, thanks!
MattyMc 10y ago
How is this different from Shiny? I couldn't quite tell.
- phillc73 10y ago
  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.
  - hive_mind 10y ago
    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?

57 points by preetish 10y ago

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

IndianAstronaut 10y ago

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

vijucat 10y ago

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

draugadrotten 10y ago
> 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.aspx https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896768.as...
- y4mi 10y ago
  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
  - vijucat 10y ago
    Great idea! That worked quite well, thanks.
- vijucat 10y ago
  That worked well, thanks!

MattyMc 10y ago

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

phillc73 10y ago
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.
- hive_mind 10y ago
  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?