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-### Welcome
+## Introducing Shiny
 
 
+Shiny is a new package from RStudio that makes it incredibly easy to build interactive web applications with R. Building applications with Shiny has many compelling benefits, including:
+
+* Automatic [reactive](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_programming) data-binding between inputs and outputs that makes it possible to build useful applications with only a few lines of code.
+* Shiny user-interfaces are "live" in the same way that spreadsheets are live. Outputs change instantly as users modify inputs without explicit programming or requiring a reload of the browser.
+* Applications can be built entirely using R, or can optionally make use of custom HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
+* A highly customizable slider control that has built-in support for animation.
+* Pre-built output widgets for displaying plots, tables, and printed output of R objects.
+* Fast bi-directional communication between the web browser and R using the [websockets](http://illposed.net/websockets.html) package.
+
+#### Getting Started
+
+If you've already got the Shiny package installed you are ready to go. If you don't have Shiny yet you'll need to:
+
+* Request access to the beta by sending email to [info@rstudio.org](mailto:info@rstudio.org). 
+* Once you have been granted access to the beta download and install the Shiny package from GitHub at 
+[https://github.com/rstudio/shiny](https://github.com/rstudio/shiny).
+
+
+#### Let's Go
+
+This tutorial covers the basics of Shiny and provides detailed examples of using nearly all of its capabilities. Click the Next button to get started and say hello to Shiny!
+