createEZApp: Start a new app from the EZRShiny template
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createEZApp

R Documentation

Start a new app from the EZRShiny template

Description

Creates a folder holding a ready-to-edit app laid out the standard way:

Usage

createEZApp(path, appName = "My App", overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

`path`	Folder to create the app in. It is created if needed.
`appName`	Name shown in the app's navigation bar.
`overwrite`	`TRUE` to replace an existing `app.R` in `path`.

Details

app.R: the app, with numbered sections for loading packages, the UI and the server, and comments explaining what goes where.
⁠Functions/⁠: put your helper .R files here. app.R loads them all with sourceFunctions().
⁠www/⁠: put images such as logos here. Give just the file name to UINav(logoFile = ...).
⁠Necessary_Files/⁠: put files the app needs at start, such as a data template users can download.

Open app.R and run it with shiny::runApp("<path>") or the Run App button.

Value

The path to the new app.R, invisibly.

Examples

appFolder <- file.path(tempdir(), "myFirstApp")
createEZApp(appFolder, appName = "My First App")
list.files(appFolder)

if (interactive()) {
  shiny::runApp(appFolder)
}

EZRShiny documentation built on Oct. 10, 2026, 5:08 p.m.