Introducing Shiny Assistant — You Can Now Build Shiny Applications with GPT and GenerativeAI
We built an entire R Shiny application with Shiny Assistant — A GPT model specialized in Shiny (R and Python). Is it any good?
It finally happened.
It’s been almost two years since the first release of ChatGPT. It took the world by storm, to put it mildly. In the short period that followed, we now have multiple companies building Generative AI platforms that were unimaginable before late 2022. What a great time to be a consumer.
Your new sidekick for building Shiny apps — Shiny Assistant — has nothing to do with the company behind ChatGPT, but is wrapped in an interface that’ll feel right at home. It’s built on the Claude 3.5 Sonnet model released by Anthropic, a San Francisco-based AI company.
To be more precise, the Assistant is built on a Large Language Model specialized in Shiny, R, and Python coding, allowing you to create applications, debug, refactor code, and switch between Shiny for R and Python.
How good is Shiny Assistant in the current closed beta stage? Join us on a journey building an entire application to find out.
