The truly important reason to try the #positron R/Python editor is that it can work in parallel with another R session open in #RStudio for a different project...
Also amazed by the #Pluto notebook for #Julia scientific work. One of its nice features is that the associated file is in text format and the code can be easily extracted. Not yet ready to switch from #ggplot to #VegaLite though.
https://positron.posit.co/start.html
https://plutojl.org/
#rstat
Have any users of #RStudio been running into an issue where the up-arrow in the console to recall the last-entered line of code isn't working properly? I have the latest version installed, and it is quite borked in this one respect.
I'm going back to install previous versions in an attempt to fix it, but if someone has any other guidance, I'd love to hear it.
In my opinion, R should be your go-to programming language!
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Still trying to troubleshoot the brute force installation of #R and #RStudio by the IT department. They can't and won't help, but I'm not an admin, so my hands are tied in terms of what I can do with other people's laptops.
I just want to teach people basic things about using R, but there are so many barriers coming from IT.
Working with text in ggplot2 plots can be a mess, especially when dealing with overlapping labels, busy backgrounds, or the need for custom formatting. Thankfully, several powerful ggplot2 extensions make text manipulation and annotation much easier and more effective.
With these tools, text in ggplot2 becomes much more manageable and visually appealing.
From Excel to R
Transition from spreadsheets to scripting with this 2-day intro to R & RStudio for beginners.
31 Mar–1 Apr Panum, University of Copenhagen Register: https://heads.ku.dk/calendar/2025/courses/from-excel-to-r-spring-2025/
Quick #RStats #RStudio #Quarto question: With the latest version of RStudio, is it still necessary to download quarto separately or is it included?
Disclaimer: I read the websites of both and it wasn't clear to me, possibly due to a lack of deductive skills. I could find out myself by uninstalling and reainstalling, but I'm too lazy to mess up my setup.
Hey 
searching for a good #RStudio introduction course for the basics with R, manipulating and scraping from PDF and Web. Language, German or English and online. Thankful for any recommendations. (Please no books, I need audiovisual learning mediums) #DataAnalytics #datascience #datavis
RStudio PBC released #RStudio Desktop version 2024.12.1+563. https://rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/
Also I’m on what feels like my third editor in three years having gone from #Atom to #VScode and now looking for a new option since MacOS support appears ended so here I am with another new editor: #zed
This is part of why I still just use #vim for a lot of things, why I still have #emacs installed and why the #RStudio ide is still a really good basis for my #rstats hacking.
I write a lot of multi-script analysis flows and I number the scripts like the lines in BASIC scripts I wrote for the C64.
010_phenotype_definition.R
020_regression_analysis.R
030_result_reformatting.R
That way I can stick additional scripts in-between if I realize I need them.
From Excel to R
Transition from spreadsheets to scripting with this 2-day intro to #R & #RStudio for #beginners.
31 Mar–1 Apr Panum, University of Copenhagen Register: https://heads.ku.dk/calendar/2025/courses/from-excel-to-r-spring-2025/
Avoiding text overlap in plots is essential for clarity, and R offers a great solution with the ggplot2 and ggrepel packages. By automatically repositioning labels, ggrepel keeps your plot clean and easy to interpret.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lu4h_CPhi0
Website: https://statisticsglobe.com/avoid-overlap-text-labels-ggplot2-plot-r
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Wrote this whole #emacs config because of the increasing presence of pay-to-use workbenches in #research. I find it more complete and flexible than #jupyter or #rstudio. Give it a go!
GitHub - lf-araujo/workbenchless: Single-file Emacs configuration for a powerful scientific Notebook system that works flawlessly over ssh.
https://github.com/lf-araujo/workbenchless
