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(This article was first published on <strong><a href="http://www.milanor.net/blog/r-lab-3-shiny-comune-milano-explore-municipality-budget-data/"> MilanoR</a></strong>, and kindly contributed to <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.r-bloggers.com/">R-bloggers)</a> </div>
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<p>Hello R-Users!</p>
<p>We are ready for the third R-Lab, the monthly appointment where we co-work together on a real data science problem using R.</p>
<p>This time the R-Lab is <b>promoted by nothing but the Assessorato alla Partecipazione, Cittadinanza Attiva e Open Data </b>of the<b> Comune di Milano</b>!</p>
<p>They proposed us to access to their <b>municipality budget data</b>, and use one day of joint work for designing and realizing an <b>R Shiny app that allows citizens to visualize and explore t</b>he city revenues and spending info. Since the task is so demanding, we decided to make this edition on a Saturday, to have an entire day of joint co-working.</p>
<p>This is the plan: the representatives from Assessorato alla Partecipazione, Cittadinanza Attiva e Open Data and Assessorato al Bilancio will introduce data and possible insight. Then <b>we will discuss and design the app functionalities, and develop the dashboard together,</b> working in teams.</p>
<p>As always, we will use R, the open source software and programming language for statistical analysis. In particular we’ll go through Shiny – the R specific framework for interactive visualization-, ggplot2, for building beautiful graphs, and maybe extra packages for special visualizations, as Sankey diagrams.<br>
If you are unfamiliar with these tools, or even new to R, don’t worry: we’ll briefly explain their way of functioning, and then everyone can learn by doing and sharing knowledge with other users.</p>
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<h2><b>Here the detailed agenda:</b></h2>
<p>10:00 – Presentations: The Comune di Milano budget data + Shiny, ggplot and viz tools</p>
<p>11:00 – Brainstorming and app design</p>
<p>11:45 – Code #1 12:45 – Collective check #1</p>
<p>13:00 – Lunch (offered!) &amp; Break</p>
<p>14:00 – Code #2</p>
<p>15:30 – Collective check #2</p>
<p>16:00 – Code #3 and merge</p>
<p>17:30 – App publication &lt;3(hopefully)</p>
<p>18:00 – Bye bye and see you soon!</p>
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<h2><strong>Registration</strong></h2>
<p>The R-Lab is <strong>free and open</strong> <strong>to everybody</strong>, but due to logistic reasons, the event is opened to <strong>a limited number of participants</strong>, and <strong>registration is needed</strong>.</p>
<p>If you want to know more or reserve a seat, please follow this link: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/R-Lab-Milano/events/239752859/">https://www.meetup.com/R-Lab-Milano/events/239752859/</a>.</p>
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<h2>FAQ</h2>
<p><b>A bit more about the proposer – Comune di Milano </b><br>
The Comune di Milano, well, does not need of explanations. The event is promoted by the Assessorato alla Partecipazione, Cittadinanza attiva e Open Data: if you want to know more about this peculiar office, <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.radicali.it/rubriche/amministrazione-aperta/partecipazione-cittadinanza-attiva-open-data-cioe/">here there’s an interesting article</a>, written by the assessore Lipparini himself. We developed together the idea of this R-Lab, to satisfy the need of translating the city budget into an understandable and visual way: then they involved the Assessorato al bilancio, to have their insights, suggestions and field knowledge.</p>
<p><b>Who is this event for<br>
</b>Either you are an R expert, a basic user or just curious, you are welcome! The R-Lab is a space for learning and sharing knowledge, working together on a challenging goal.<br>
If you are an expert of budget and budget planning, you are welcome as well! We appreciate your contribution about the meaning of what we are doing <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" src="https://i0.wp.com/www.milanor.net/blog/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png?w=456" data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
<p><b>What to bring<br>
</b>Be sure to bring your own computer, possibly with the latest version of RStudio. Don’t bring your tupperware: lunch is offered! <img alt="😀" class="wp-smiley" src="https://i2.wp.com/s.w.org/images/core/emoji/72x72/1f600.png?w=456&ssl=1" data-recalc-dims="1"></p>
<p><b></b><b>Where to go<br>
</b>We will be hosted by Mikamai and LinkMe in their location, in Via Giulio e Corrado Venini, 42 (very close to the Pasteur metro station).<br>
The doorbell is Mikamai: when you enter, go straight, cross the inner courtyard of the building, you face a metal door with a sheet with Mikamai written. The office is the last (and only) floor.</p>
<p>See you soon!</p>
<p>For any additional info, please contact us via meetup: <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/R-Lab-Milano/">https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/R-Lab-Milano/</a></p>
<p><i>Looking forward to seeing you there!!!</i></p>
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<h2>If you still don’t know the R-Lab project…</h2>
<h3>What is an R-Lab?</h3>
<p>The R-Labs are evening kind of mini-hackathons where we work together with R on a real problem.</p>
<p><span>In short, this is what we do:</span></p>
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<li><span>A company/institution/university proposes a real problem, and teaches something about that issue</span></li>
<li><span>We work together on the solution, possibly having fun</span></li>
<li><span>Everything we do is released <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://github.com/r-lab-milano">on Github, exactly here</a></span></li>
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<h3>Where can I join the group?</h3>
<p><span>You can join the group on the Meetup platform here: </span></p>
<p><span><a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/R-Lab-Milano/">https://www.meetup.com/it-IT/R-Lab-Milano/</a></span></p>
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<p>The post <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.milanor.net/blog/r-lab-3-shiny-comune-milano-explore-municipality-budget-data/">R-Lab #3: A Shiny for the Milano Municipality Budget Data | Milan, May 27th</a> appeared first on <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.milanor.net/blog">MilanoR</a>.</p>
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