Working in RStudio

Jeff Stevens

2023-01-25

Review: Mental model of R

Tour of RStudio

Mental model of RStudio

Keyboard shortcuts

Here are some of my favorite things!

Tools > Keyboard Shortcuts Help or Alt/Opt+Shift+K

Function	Keyboard shortcut
Run current line	Ctrl/Cmd+Enter/Return
Source entire script	Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+S
Insert assignment operator	Alt/Opt+-
Insert pipe	Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+M
Comment lines	Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+C

Options

• Turn off restore workspace
• Turn off save history
• Turn on soft wrap
• Turn on rainbow parentheses
• Change your theme

Installing packages

Getting help

Online forums

• RStudio Community–RStudio-specific forum (e.g., tidyverse)
• Stack Overflow–Coding-related questions
• Cross Validated–Statistics questions (not R-specific)

Online portals/books

• Cheatsheets
• Tidyverse
• RStudio books

Tips

• Learn to use keyboard shortcuts

• You can remap keyboard shortcuts (I’ve remapped Insert assignment operator to Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+,)

• Restart R often

Let’s explore!

Working in RStudio

Mental model of RStudio