Chapter 32 Getting set up for rendering RMarkdown documents

Get yourself set up for using RMarkdown and rendering .Rmd files to webpages.

Outline of steps

  1. Click on File->New File->RMarkdown
  2. Give the document a title and click “ok”
  3. Save the .Rmd file. Give it a name like “test” or “temp”
  4. Click on the “Knit” button at the top of the script viewer pane.
  5. If prompted to install packages click ok (see video for more info)
  6. As shown in the video a webpage should be generated. RMarkdown is rendering properly!

This video will walk you through the steps

Cheatsheet https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vEZldZJuF6umq8uRUNjsd8bJgJFBDibeDOgdII_uUX4/edit?usp=sharing

Be an Rmarkdown knitting wizard, by Allison Horst)

Figure 32.1: Be an Rmarkdown knitting wizard, by Allison Horst)