Instructions to deploy an R app

1. Clone this repo locally:

git clone [email protected]:firasm/dashR_deployed.git

2. Change directory into the cloned repo:

cd dashR_deployed

3. Using the Heroku CLI create a Heroku App AND set the stack to container:

heroku create --stack container your-app-name

4. Push the app to heroku and this branch

git push heroku main

5. Navigate to your-app-name.herokuapp.com in your browser!

Known issues

• I am trying to upgrade the version of R to 4.1 so that the native pipe can be used.
• It takes a LONG time for the app to deploy the first time (~ 20 minutes)