Getting Started With RStudio by Verzani, John -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Getting Started with RStudio

Preface

Conventions Used in This Book Using Code Examples Safari® Books Online How to Contact Us

1. Overview, Installation

What is R? What is an IDE? Why RStudio? Using RStudio

Desktop Version Server Version Which Workspace? Projects Which R?

Layout of the Components

Keyboard Shortcuts The Options Dialog

Installing RStudio

Updating RStudio

2. Case Study: Data Cleaning

Using Projects Reading in a Data File Tab Key Completion Workspace Component

Using the Right Class to Store Data

Data Cleaning Using the Code Editor to Write R Scripts Using Add-On Packages Graphics

Command History

All Finished, for Now

3. The Console and Related Components

Entering Commands

Automatic Insertion of Matching Pairs R Script Files

Command-Line Conveniences

Tab Completion Keyboard Shortcuts Command History

Searching the history stack History Browser

Workspace Browser

Editing and Viewing Objects Importing Data Sets

The Help Page Viewer The Browser

The Plots Browser Interactivity The manipulate Package for RStudio

External Programs (Desktop Version)

4. Case Study: Creating a Package

Creating Functions from Script Files A Package Skeleton Documenting Functions with roxygen2 The devtools Package Package Data Package Examples Adding Tests Building and Installing the Package

5. Programming R with RStudio

Source Code Editor

Basics

Keyboard shortcuts

R Programming Features

Syntax highlighting Bracket matching Automatic indenting Code completion and usage information Extract Function Run or source commands

Navigation

Jump to function Go to file/function

The File Browser

File upload

Debugging R Code in RStudio

Package Maintenance Case Study: Report Generation

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