To briefly return to the subject of interactive documents, it is worth noting that it is possible to embed entire Shiny applications within interactive documents rather than having the rather stripped-down functionality that we embedded within a document earlier in the chapter. Just include a link to the directory that holds the application, like this:

```{r, echo=FALSE} 
shinyAppDir( 
  "~/myApps/thisApplication", 
  ) 
``` 

For more information about embedding, type ?shinyApp in the console.