--- title: Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse | daily.dev description: This article explores the effect of shiny widgets on the performance of Shiny apps using Google Lighthouse. It looks at the different metrics reported by... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/effect-of-shiny-widgets-with-google-lighthouse-iqkzqgtp2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse | daily.dev og:description: This article explores the effect of shiny widgets on the performance of Shiny apps using Google Lighthouse. It looks at the different metrics reported by... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/effect-of-shiny-widgets-with-google-lighthouse-iqkzqgtp2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/IqkZqGtP2.png og:image:alt: Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse **[R-bloggers](https://daily.dev/sources/rbloggers)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary This article explores the effect of shiny widgets on the performance of Shiny apps using Google Lighthouse. It looks at the different metrics reported by Lighthouse for various apps and discusses the impact of adding interactive elements such as plotly plots and DT tables. The article concludes that while adding more widgets can slow down an app, using them sensibly can still provide a good user experience. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#data-visualization](https://daily.dev/tags/data-visualization), [#lighthouse](https://daily.dev/tags/lighthouse) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/effect-of-shiny-widgets-with-google-lighthouse-iqkzqgtp2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/effect-of-shiny-widgets-with-google-lighthouse-iqkzqgtp2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/effect-of-shiny-widgets-with-google-lighthouse-iqkzqgtp2"},"datePublished":"2023-12-15T00:30:56.743Z","dateModified":"2023-12-15T00:30:54.503Z","description":"This article explores the effect of shiny widgets on the performance of Shiny apps using Google Lighthouse. It looks at the different metrics reported by...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c695e393c67cf6bf22f778f11dc6ebfe?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/c695e393c67cf6bf22f778f11dc6ebfe?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"R-bloggers","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"R-bloggers","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/98bcbbdf72774292a55ceda8f2277f1e","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/rbloggers"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/effect-of-shiny-widgets-with-google-lighthouse-iqkzqgtp2","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"performance,data-visualization,lighthouse","timeRequired":"PT6M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"R-bloggers","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/rbloggers"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Effect of Shiny Widgets with Google Lighthouse"}]} ```