Setup RStudio and GitHub
Installation
To setup RStudio and GitHub, you will need four things:
- R
- RStudio
- Git
- GitHub
Follow the UCSB MEDS Installation Guide for detailed instructions on how to create accounts, download, install, and configure on Mac and Windows. (For an even more detailed walk-through, see Allison Horst’s ESM 206 Google Doc). Thanks for sharing Allison!
Practice
Now you’ll want to practice how to use RStudio and GitHub. Follow R for Excel Users’ GitHub Chapter to create a GitHub repository, clone it to RStudio, make edits, and practice syncing.