Data Science Altitude for This Article: Base Camp. In the prior two posts, we first took the temperature of the R and RStudio user community and then we installed R. Now we’re ready to download the RStudio installer executable file and take a look at some of the functionality inside the IDE.
The RStudio Product Page However, before we do that, please take note of the RStudio product page.
Data Science Altitude for This Article: Base Camp. Today’s post goes into the ‘meat and potatoes’ of the install process for R.
If you look to get more involved in a data science career or a more classic application development job in Java, .NET, or something similar, it’s important to develop a comfort level with installing software on your own machine. You’ll have to do it repeatedly over your career.
Data Science Altitude for This Article: Sea Level. Today’s post is for those of you that are looking to install R and RStudio on your home machine for the first time, and for those that don’t (yet) have a comfort level with installing software in general. I’ll provide links to others’ guides and documentation that provides a lot of detail; I could try that out myself, but I’m not here to re-invent someone else’s wheel.