Explanation: Similar projects

How Rhino is different from …?

• golem: Rhino apps are not R packages. Rhino puts more emphasis on development tools, clean configuration and minimal boilerplate and tries to provide default solutions for typical problems and questions in these areas.
• leprechaun: Leprechaun works by scaffolding Shiny apps, without adding dependencies. Rhino minimizes generated code and aims to provide a complete foundation for building Shiny apps ready for deployment in enterprise, so that you can focus on application’s logic and user experience.
• devtools: devtools streamlines packages development. Rhino is a complete framework for building Shiny apps. Rhino features are interdependent (e.g. coverage and unit tests) and cannot be used without making the app into basic Rhino structure.
• usethis: usethis adds independent code snippers you ask it to. Rhino is a complete framework for building Shiny apps. Your app is designed to call Rhino functions instead of having them insert code into your project.

What do you think about Golem and Leprechaun?

Golem is a great package, and we believe it is a good fit for many developers. However, it just did not work for us. Rhino does not attempt to replace Golem - we believe both have perfect use cases. You may want to try Rhino especially if:

1. You need a nested files structure that will handle a bigger application.
2. You want to follow a complete set of best practices.
3. You’d like to have a scalable, modularized application, with separation of responsibility, and would like to follow a suggested approach to that (box, Shiny modules, view / logic separation).
4. You want to quickly start an app with a set of preconfigured development tools (linters, CI, Cypress, logging, Sass and JS building).
5. You are building an application for production use in enterprise - you need to make sure it’s highly maintainable and reliable in the long term.