The r-plumber-react app demonstrates how to create a React application that uses R plumber as a backen. This app replicates the responsive datatables tutorial. This application uses following tools.

• Backend
  • R Plumber: https://www.rplumber.io
  • Node: https://nodejs.org/
• Frontend
  • React: https://reactjs.org
  • ParcelJS: https://parceljs.org

Make sure Node and NPM are installed on your machine. You may also use Yarn. To test the installation or to see if these tools are already installed on your machine, run the following commands in the terminal.

node -v
npm -v

git clone https://github.com/davidruvolo51/r-plumber-app

Next, install the npm packages that are required to run the app locally. I have decided to use pnpm to manage packages on my machine and across projects. To install pnpm, run the following command.

npm install -g pnpm

You will need to install the dependencies in the root directory and in the client/ directory.

pnpm install

cd client
pnpm install

If you prefer to use npm, use the following.

npm install

cd client
npm install

This application uses the following R packages

install.packages(c("htmltools", "rlang", "plumber", "palmerpenguins"))

When you have installed everything, navigate back to the main directory and start the development server.

# if using npm
npm run dev

# if using yarn
yarn dev

This will start Plumber API and parcel. The client will be hosted at localhost:8000.