[R] Building Custom GUIs for R

[jverzani]

vioravis <vioravis <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> I am looking to build simple GUIs based on the R codes I have. The main
> objective is to hide the scary R codes from non-programming people 
> and make it easier for them to try out different inputs.
> 

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> Are there any tools currently available that enable us build GUIs??? (MATLAB
> has a GUI builder that enables the users build custom GUIs). 
> 


R has lots of packages to assist in making GUIs. Quickly, some are:

tcltk: a recommended package with R for quite awhile. See Rcmdr and GrapheR 
for two excellent packages that use it.

RGtk2: an add-on package to integrate R with the GTK libraries (as well 
cairoDevice).  See RGtk2DfEdit, playwith and latticist for example usage, 
and rattle to see how  GTK's GUI design tools can be integrated in.

qtbase: New, not yet on CRAN. Integrates R with Qt libraries. To see an example, 
fly out to San Franciso and catch a ride down to Google: 
http://www.meetup.com/R-Users/events/18876401/

The gWidgets packages provide an easier to learn but more limited 
interface to the above packages.

In addition, R can interface with other languages: rJava (deducer), 
rpy2(RedR), RCpp 
(http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2011/03/25/#rinside_and_qt), ...

--John



> Can we make a exe of such GUI (with the R code) and let people use it
> without having to install R???
> 
> Any help on this would be much appreciated??
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Ravi
> 
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