Hi, I'm Dean

R-Shiny Expert / Software Tool Builder / Extreme Traveller

Hi, I'm Dean

R-Shiny Expert / Software Tool Builder / Extreme Traveller

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Introducing shinyjs: perform common JavaScript operations in Shiny apps using plain R code

Posted on April 23, 2015

shinyjs is my second R package that managed to find its way past the CRAN review process. It lets you perform common useful JavaScript operations in Shiny applications without having to know any JavaScript. Important note The package has improved a lot since writing this post. I... [Read More]

Supplementing your R package with a Shiny app

Posted on April 21, 2015

The R community is generally very fond of open-source-ness and the idea of releasing all code to the public. Writing packages has become such an easy experience now that Hadley’s devtools is so powerful, and as a result there are new packages being released by useRs every single... [Read More]

Flake it till you make it

It's not always cowardly to walk away; it can be very difficult, yet enlightening, to not be afraid to step off a path, regardless of how much you've already walked it

Posted on April 2, 2015

My mom recently showed me a very interesting bit from a book she was reading called ‘Soulshaping’ by Jeff Brown. I’ll discuss it later, but first, here is the excerpt: Under what circumstances should we step off a path? When is it essential that we finish what we start?... [Read More]

ggExtra: R package for adding marginal histograms to ggplot2

Posted on March 29, 2015

My first CRAN package, ggExtra, contains several functions to enhance ggplot2, with the most important one being ggExtra::ggMarginal() - a function that finally allows easily adding marginal density plots or histograms to scatterplots. Availability You can read the full README describing the functionality in... [Read More]

Knitr's best hidden gem: spin

Stop knitting & start spinning - spin can help you write reports much faster and avoid repeating yourself

Posted on March 24, 2015

Anyone who loves the idea of dynamic report generation with R is probably a big fan of knitr and its flagship function - knit. But not many people seem to know about knit’s awesome cousin - spin. What is spin?... [Read More]

Beautiful Jekyll - how to build a site in minutes

A plug-n-play template to easily get anyone a free nice looking site (same theme as this one) quickly

Posted on March 12, 2015

Since this site went live a few days ago, I had many people ask me how I made it. Like a great politician, I will avoid that question almost entirely with a completely different answer: The core template that runs this website is available for anyone to use. I called... [Read More]

I finally have a site!

Posted on March 9, 2015

Welcome to Dean Attali on the web! It’s been a while now that I’ve wanted to have a personal website - just somewhere to be able to park random files/documents and perhaps even host a blog where I can brain dump my personal and professional thoughts. I remember several... [Read More]