Today, we will see how to start a new project in R Studio.
Firstly, what is a project?
A project in R Studio is a work environment. When you start a new project:- A new R session is opened
- Several history files are created (.Rprofile, .RData, .RHistory). They will help you find your commands and history when you will re-open this project later.
- You choose a working directory (setwd() and getwd() in R without RStudio).
- All your R Studio settings for this project will be restored.
These projects are really useful if you currently work on different datasets or studies!
Create a new project in R Studio
- Open R Studio
- Go to "files" (up left) and "New Project"
- Choose "Empty project"
- Choose if you want to use an existing directory or create a new one.
- Choose the directory that you want or choose the name of the new one and where it will be created. And click on "create project".
- Done! RStudio will open your new work environment for this project.
- Now you can create a new R script to start programming in R. To do that, use "File, New File, R Script" or the icon on the top left.
Finally, this is your new environment :
See you soon for a new article about R Studio! In the next one, we will see how to personalize R Studio.
Karine
