Episode 2: Getting Ready to Use R
Posted on Sunday, Feb 26, 2012 | Category: Podcast
In this episode: A couple of site updates, our first listener feedback, an overview of installing R on each major platform, and an overview of R IDEs and helpful resources for getting started with R. If you would like to provide feedback, please send an email or audio comment to theRcast[at]gmail.com or leave us a voicemail at 1-269-849-9780.
Show Notes
- The R-Project site: http://www.r-project.org/
- RStudio: www.rstudio.org
- Emacs + ESS: http://ess.r-project.org/
- Eclipse + StatET: http://www.eclipse.org/ and http://www.walware.de/goto/statet
- R-Resources page: http://www.r-podcast.org/r-resources/
- Theme music provided by WillRock from the Return All Robots Remix Album at ocremix.org
Episode 2 Time Stamps
00:00 The R-Podcast 002 Getting Ready to Use R
00:31 Introduction
01:09 Site Updates
03:40 Listener Feedback
07:02 Downloading and Installing R
17:34 R IDEs
26:00 Additional Resources at r-podcast.org/r-resources
27:40 Wrapping up: subscribe to the podcast, theRcast@gmail.com, 1-269-849-9780
31:34 End
Hosts
Eric Nantz
Eric Nantz is a principal research scientist at a large life sciences company, creating innovative analytical pipelines and capabilities supporting study designs and analyses. Outside of his day job, Eric is passionate about connecting with the R community as the creator/host of the R-Podcast, Shiny Developer Series, and a curator / podcast host for the R Weekly project. Plus, he likes to share his adventures with R and general computing on Twitch livestreams at twitch.tv/rpodcast.