Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel - Dashing through the snow (or Sharing your data), in a Quarto Dashboard

Quarto is an open source scientific publishing system built on markdown that supports multiple programming languages (Python, R, Julia) and output formats

Quarto dashboards (available in v1.4) enable creating interactive data displays with:

• Flexible layouts using rows, columns and tab sets
• Automatic card creation for code outputs
• Value boxes with conditional colors
• Interactive elements via Plotly, leaflet maps, and Shiny
• Sidebars and navigation bars

Two main workflow options:

• Start with Jupyter notebooks (.ipynb)
• Start with Quarto markdown files (.qmd)

Key dashboard features:

• Can be static HTML or interactive with Shiny
• Support caching and scheduled rendering
• Deploy with or without a server
• Accessible by default
• Version control friendly (plain text)

Content organization through:

• First-level headings create pages
• Second-level headings divide pages into sections
• Code cells automatically generate cards
• Tab sets for organizing related content
• Collapsible elements for progressive disclosure

Enhanced with Quarto features like:

• YAML metadata configuration
• Figure captions and alt text
• Code folding options
• Syntax highlighting
• Cross-references

Supports multiple visualization options:

• Static plots
• Interactive HTML widgets
• Plotly graphs
• Leaflet maps
• Tables via itables
• Shiny components