RStudio_Setup.md

RStudio Setup

We're using RStudio.cloud - an instance of RStudio that runs entirely within your browser. It's like Google Docs, but for R! No installation needed. 😎

To set up:

1. Use the link I've emailed you. It starts with https://rstudio.cloud/....
2. Set up your RStudio Cloud account.
3. Log in. Look at the "Spaces" on the left. Click on "NTID Data Science Workshop"
4. Now you're in the NTID workspace. It should have one project called "Workshop Setup."
5. Click on the blue "Start" button next to it to deploy and open the R project.
6. In the lower-right pane, click on 01_rstudio_setup.R.
7. To make sure your R instance works, follow the instructions in that file.
8. Problems? See Notes below.

Or...you know, just watch the gif. Give it some time to load, it's a big baby. 👶

Notes:

1. When you run library(tidyverse) you will see an output, "Attaching Packages" with 8 green checkmarks and then "Conflicts" with two red X's. That's normal! That means everything in the tidyverse installed correctly, and you are ready to launch.
2. I've made a video showing what should happen when you do library(tidyverse) then starwars and View(starwars): https://d.pr/v/kfYDuR

Get stuck? Lost? Distracted by imgur? 👀 Email me.