Posit Cloud Online
YOU DO NOT NEED YOUR OWN COMPUTER TO BECOME AN EXPERT R-PROGRAMMER!
There are many options to access R and R-Studio online. The only downside to these is that they can be a little slower and often they cope less well with large datasets.
Posit/R-Studio Cloud Website
This is an website based version of R-Studio that is owned by the same team that created it.
0.1.1.1 EVERYONE SHOULD SIGN UP FOR AN ACCOUNT HERE: https://posit.cloud/
I believe it’s free for the first 25hrs each month. Sadly there is no student pricing right now.
- Advantages:
- It’s always up to date
- You can do your labs anywhere you have access to a webpage
- Disadvantages:
- It’s not as powerful, you won’t be able to play will millions of data points
- You have to be online; bad internet connections make it harder
- It’s weirdly ‘buggy’. Things like you will need to install packages every lab
0.1.2 What if I run out of free time?
There are a few options:
It’s easy to transfer your labs, so you could make a new account with a new email,
You pay for a single month to get through (about $5). If you are really short on cash, I will pay for it for you ON THE CONDITION that you click this link and sign up.
- Talk with Dr Greatrex who has a few other options upher sleeve