What we'll learn?
- A little bit about the R language
- A lot about the tools and eco-system that surround R
We'll be using Windows. Why?
- Because it's the most popular OS used in Research (*).
- Whatever your favourite OS is, you'll be supporting people who use Windows.
- Time. This is a short session.
(*) According to 2015 survey of Sheffield's Engineering faculty and 2012 survey of Manchester's EPS faculty.
What we'll cover
- Section 1 - Install several versions of R and learn some basic commands
- Section 2 - The Importance of packages
- Section 3 - R Studio : A popular user interface for R
- Section 4 - Jupyter Notebook
- Section 5 - R in the cloud: SageMathCloud
- Section 6 - Revolution R Open - A faster R from Microsoft
- Section 7 - How R interacts with other applications