R and RStudio

What is R?

R is a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

It facilitates

data manipulation and calculations
graphical displays
statistical techniques

Available as free software

for UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS
for download from (https://cloud.r-project.org/)
Current version: R 3.5.2

R Console

What is RStudio?

RStudio is an integrated development environment (IDE) for R.

It includes

a console
syntax-highlighting editor that supports direct code execution
tools for plotting, history, debugging and workspace management.

RStudio

RStudio Desktop can be downloaded from

(https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/)
You can use R with any editor, including RStudio, to write scripts. However, RStudio itself is not very useful without R.

Additional IDE features of RStudio can be located here

(https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/features/)

RStudio Resources

Webinars

(https://resources.rstudio.com/webinars)

Cheat Sheets

(https://www.rstudio.com/resources/cheatsheets/#ide)