useR! 2024

Wireframing Shiny apps is a time consuming process, typically involving proprietary tools. This often results in the wireframing stage of development coming with increased costs, or being skipped entirely. One alternative has been to use Excalidraw, an open-source virtual whiteboard for sketching hand-drawn like diagrams through a simple and intuitive graphical user interface. But, to date, the use of Excalidraw has still been a time intensive process requiring individual Shiny components to be drawn from scratch. That was, until now. Enter shinydraw: an Excalidraw library that offers pre-drawn Shiny components including inputs, outputs, theming, and more. Drawing wireframes with shinydraw is as simple as loading the library and then dragging-and-dropping the components you desire. It is a batteries included approach to wireframing, with a near-zero learning curve, leveraging the powers of open-source technologies and standards. This talk will show you how easy it is to get started using the shinydraw library so you can get building Shiny wireframes within minutes.