Start a new project with R Studio

Hello,


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