6 Basic software
As you get set up with your computing environment, please install R
, RStudio, and Git onto your machine:
- Download and install R from the CRAN website (LINK)
- Download and install RStudio from the Posit website (LINK)
- Download and install Git from the Git-Scm website (LINK). Note that if you are using Windows, please verify that this also installs GitBash onto your computer.
There are tons of resources online, including instructive videos on YouTube, which I encourage you to watch to get a better sense of what each of these programs do and how to use them. It will take sustained practice to develop expertise with these, so don’t get discouraged if you feel lost in your early days.