<description>Episode 30 of the Shiny Developer Series reveals just how the power of open source software can be used to provide meaningful improvement to our daily lives. In the first of a two-part series, chief data scientist Mike Thomas reveals the motivation behind his brilliant COVID-19 test locator Shiny application, empowering a local community in Connecticut to efficiently report and track availability of test kits in a huge time of need. After a tour of the application interface, Mike shares his favorite techniques to bring an efficient user experience and the backend integrations with APIs to bring production-grade features to life.&lt;br /&gt;Resources mentioned in the episode&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter (App) - &lt;a href="https://ketchbrookanalytics.shinyapps.io/covid_test_spotter/" target="_blank"&gt;ketchbrookanalytics.shinyapps.io/covid_test_spotter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter (Code) - &lt;a href="https://github.com/ketchbrookanalytics/covid_test_spotter" target="_blank"&gt;github.com/ketchbrookanalytics/covid_test_spotter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;App blog post - &lt;a href="https://www.ketchbrookanalytics.com/post/ketchbrook-analytics-launches-website-to-help-connecticut-residents-find-covid-19-test-kits" target="_blank"&gt;www.ketchbrookanalytics.com/post/ketchbrook-analytics-launches-website-to-help-connecticut-residents-find-covid-19-test-kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Olivia Adams' interview with CNN - &lt;a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/08/software-developer-builds-simple-massachusetts-covid-19-vaccine-website-olivia-adams-intv-newday-vpx.cnn" target="_blank"&gt;www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/08/software-developer-builds-simple-massachusetts-covid-19-vaccine-website-olivia-adams-intv-newday-vpx.cnn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;R Packages by Hadley Wickham and Jenny Bryan - &lt;a href="https://r-pkgs.org/" target="_blank"&gt;r-pkgs.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;{googleWay} Shiny vignette - &lt;a href="https://symbolixau.github.io/googleway/articles/googleway-vignette.html#shiny" target="_blank"&gt;symbolixau.github.io/googleway/articles/googleway-vignette.html#shiny&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;Episode Timestamps&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=0s" target="_blank"&gt;00:00:00&lt;/a&gt; Episode Introduction &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=91s" target="_blank"&gt;00:01:31&lt;/a&gt; Mike's introductiona and journey with R &amp;amp; Shiny &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=440s" target="_blank"&gt;00:07:20&lt;/a&gt; Data science consulting and Ketchbrook Analytics &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=700s" target="_blank"&gt;00:11:40&lt;/a&gt; Olivia Adams' inspiring story &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=1060s" target="_blank"&gt;00:17:40&lt;/a&gt; Demo of Mike's COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter App &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=1915s" target="_blank"&gt;00:31:55&lt;/a&gt; App code introduction &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=1930s" target="_blank"&gt;00:32:10&lt;/a&gt; googleway package integrating the Google Maps API &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=2185s" target="_blank"&gt;00:36:25&lt;/a&gt; Pulling addresses from map searches &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=2470s" target="_blank"&gt;00:41:10&lt;/a&gt; Using MongoDB for records collection &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=2595s" target="_blank"&gt;00:43:15&lt;/a&gt; bslib to simulate the multi-page app experience &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;amp;t=2780s" target="_blank"&gt;00:46:20&lt;/a&gt; Episode wrapup&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;shinydevseries::session_info()&lt;br /&gt;๐Ÿ“ฝ Find previous interviews at &lt;a href="https://shinydevseries.com" target="_blank"&gt;https://shinydevseries.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;๐Ÿ“‹ Feedback is more than welcome! Please send your comments or suggestions on our contact form at &lt;a href="https://shinydevseries.com/contact" target="_blank"&gt;shinydevseries.com/contact&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you enjoyed this video or got value from it, then consider dropping something in the tip jar. Any money raised will be used to improve the channel and invest in additional equipment and resources to make the content even better!&lt;br /&gt;๐Ÿ’ฐ &lt;a href="https://bit.ly/sdstip" target="_blank"&gt;https://bit.ly/sdstip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;๐Ÿ“จ Help shape the future direction of the Shiny Developer Series live streams by completing this very short &lt;a href="https://forms.gle/wuveHJWZLjuzBQaC7" target="_blank"&gt;survey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Media production for the Shiny Developer Series is made possible by these outstanding projects and platforms:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;OBS Studio: &lt;a href="https://obsproject.com/" target="_blank"&gt;https://obsproject.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;OBS Fully Loaded install script by Martin Wimpress: &lt;a href="https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-fully-loaded" target="_blank"&gt;https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-fully-loaded&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;VDO Ninja: &lt;a href="https://vdo.ninja" target="_blank"&gt;https://vdo.ninja&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;StreamElements: &lt;a href="https://streamelements.com" target="_blank"&gt;https://streamelements.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;ShotCut: &lt;a href="https://shotcut.org/" target="_blank"&gt;https://shotcut.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Pop@_OS by System76: &lt;a href="https://pop.system76.com/" target="_blank"&gt;https://pop.system76.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Ubuntu: &lt;a href="https://ubuntu.com/" target="_blank"&gt;https://ubuntu.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Shiny Developer Series

Eric Nantz

Episode 30: The Connecticut COVID-19 Test Spotter App (Part 1)

MAY 27, 202247 MIN
Shiny Developer Series

Episode 30: The Connecticut COVID-19 Test Spotter App (Part 1)

MAY 27, 202247 MIN

Description

Episode 30 of the Shiny Developer Series reveals just how the power of open source software can be used to provide meaningful improvement to our daily lives. In the first of a two-part series, chief data scientist Mike Thomas reveals the motivation behind his brilliant COVID-19 test locator Shiny application, empowering a local community in Connecticut to efficiently report and track availability of test kits in a huge time of need. After a tour of the application interface, Mike shares his favorite techniques to bring an efficient user experience and the backend integrations with APIs to bring production-grade features to life.<br />Resources mentioned in the episode<br /><ul><li>COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter (App) - <a href="https://ketchbrookanalytics.shinyapps.io/covid_test_spotter/" target="_blank">ketchbrookanalytics.shinyapps.io/covid_test_spotter</a></li><li>COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter (Code) - <a href="https://github.com/ketchbrookanalytics/covid_test_spotter" target="_blank">github.com/ketchbrookanalytics/covid_test_spotter</a></li><li>App blog post - <a href="https://www.ketchbrookanalytics.com/post/ketchbrook-analytics-launches-website-to-help-connecticut-residents-find-covid-19-test-kits" target="_blank">www.ketchbrookanalytics.com/post/ketchbrook-analytics-launches-website-to-help-connecticut-residents-find-covid-19-test-kits</a></li><li>Olivia Adams' interview with CNN - <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/08/software-developer-builds-simple-massachusetts-covid-19-vaccine-website-olivia-adams-intv-newday-vpx.cnn" target="_blank">www.cnn.com/videos/health/2021/02/08/software-developer-builds-simple-massachusetts-covid-19-vaccine-website-olivia-adams-intv-newday-vpx.cnn</a></li><li>R Packages by Hadley Wickham and Jenny Bryan - <a href="https://r-pkgs.org/" target="_blank">r-pkgs.org</a></li><li>{googleWay} Shiny vignette - <a href="https://symbolixau.github.io/googleway/articles/googleway-vignette.html#shiny" target="_blank">symbolixau.github.io/googleway/articles/googleway-vignette.html#shiny</a></li></ul>Episode Timestamps<br /><a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=0s" target="_blank">00:00:00</a> Episode Introduction <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=91s" target="_blank">00:01:31</a> Mike's introductiona and journey with R &amp; Shiny <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=440s" target="_blank">00:07:20</a> Data science consulting and Ketchbrook Analytics <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=700s" target="_blank">00:11:40</a> Olivia Adams' inspiring story <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=1060s" target="_blank">00:17:40</a> Demo of Mike's COVID-19 At-Home Test Spotter App <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=1915s" target="_blank">00:31:55</a> App code introduction <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=1930s" target="_blank">00:32:10</a> googleway package integrating the Google Maps API <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=2185s" target="_blank">00:36:25</a> Pulling addresses from map searches <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=2470s" target="_blank">00:41:10</a> Using MongoDB for records collection <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=2595s" target="_blank">00:43:15</a> bslib to simulate the multi-page app experience <br /><br /> <a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=21MnLDuRbS8&amp;t=2780s" target="_blank">00:46:20</a> Episode wrapup&nbsp;<br />shinydevseries::session_info()<br />๐Ÿ“ฝ Find previous interviews at <a href="https://shinydevseries.com" target="_blank">https://shinydevseries.com</a><br />๐Ÿ“‹ Feedback is more than welcome! Please send your comments or suggestions on our contact form at <a href="https://shinydevseries.com/contact" target="_blank">shinydevseries.com/contact</a><br />If you enjoyed this video or got value from it, then consider dropping something in the tip jar. Any money raised will be used to improve the channel and invest in additional equipment and resources to make the content even better!<br />๐Ÿ’ฐ <a href="https://bit.ly/sdstip" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/sdstip</a><br />๐Ÿ“จ Help shape the future direction of the Shiny Developer Series live streams by completing this very short <a href="https://forms.gle/wuveHJWZLjuzBQaC7" target="_blank">survey</a><br />Media production for the Shiny Developer Series is made possible by these outstanding projects and platforms:<br /><ul><li>OBS Studio: <a href="https://obsproject.com/" target="_blank">https://obsproject.com/</a></li><li>OBS Fully Loaded install script by Martin Wimpress: <a href="https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-fully-loaded" target="_blank">https://github.com/wimpysworld/obs-fully-loaded</a></li><li>VDO Ninja: <a href="https://vdo.ninja" target="_blank">https://vdo.ninja</a></li><li>StreamElements: <a href="https://streamelements.com" target="_blank">https://streamelements.com</a></li><li>ShotCut: <a href="https://shotcut.org/" target="_blank">https://shotcut.org/</a></li><li>Pop@_OS by System76: <a href="https://pop.system76.com/" target="_blank">https://pop.system76.com/</a></li><li>Ubuntu: <a href="https://ubuntu.com/" target="_blank">https://ubuntu.com/</a></li></ul>