• What is RStudio?
• How might we use it at Massey?
• A shiny interlude…
• What is R Markdown?
• Your turn - let's play!

• Sits on top of R
• Adds convenience
• Is more attractive than plain R
• The integrated environment gives added functionality

• R Console
• Environment, workspace, variables
• Data viewer
• History
• Plots
• Package manager
• Help system
• Text editor
• Debugger

Tab auto-complete with drop-down lists for commands, data frame names etc.

Environment overview showing data frames, variables, functions. Import data-sets and clear workspace with a click.

Integration of View() function into a tab for viewing data.

History is integrated, and you can copy commands to the console or editor window with a click.

Can go backward and forward through plot history.

Can load, unload, install, remove, update packages, and get package help with a click.

Search and history are incorporated.

Syntax highlighting

Tab auto-complete, auto-indentation.

Jump to definition/help etc.

Function and variable extraction.

Function and variable extraction.

Add breakpoints just by clicking on the line in the editor.

On error, automatically grab traceback and re-run with debug.

Step over/in, with traceback, variable state etc.

• Integration of source control (e.g. git)
• Integrated package development
• Package deployment (e.g. via github)
• Dynamic documents using R Markdown
• And other shiny stuff…