Documentation request: Difference between Shiny and Interactive Rmd - what are the limits of authoring Rmd with shiny components, when would you need to move to a full shiny app?

[daattali]

This is a question that I've been asked at least a dozen times and I never have a good resource to point to. I think it's a great question. Ideally I think either the Rmarkdown docs or the Shiny docs should have some text describing the similarity between the two and when Rmd is not the right answer

[jcheng5]

And then there is this emerging technology as well: http://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/authoring_shiny_prerendered.html

[daattali]

I didn't know about this format, looks like a great idea. But in the context of this issue - this is really going to complicate matters for someone who needs to decide which format to use.....

[daattali]

Throwing flexdashboard and shinydashboard into the mix also adds more confusion - for someone who doesn't know exactly what each one each, it could look overwhelming and there's no resource out there that outlines the differences and when to use each

[daattali]

https://github.com/hadley/mastering-shiny may be a good place for this