7 Ways to Increase Your Produc2vity with Revolu2on R Enterprise 3.0. David Smith, REvolu2on Compu2ng

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1 7 Ways to Increase Your Produc2vity with Revolu2on R Enterprise 3.0 David Smith, REvolu2on Compu2ng

2 REvolu2on Compu2ng: The R Company REvolu2on R Free, high- performance binary distribu2on of R REvolu2on R Enterprise Subscrip2on- based version, bundled with proprietary extensions Fully supported, validated R Consul2ng and Training R Community Development R Evangelism (blog.revolu2on- compu2ng.com) R community portal Technical and financial contribu2ons to R Project DC UseR Group 2

3 What is R? Open- source sovware for advanced sta2s2cal analysis (Facebook, Pfizer, Bank of America) and data visualiza2on (New York Times) Interpreted language designed for sta2s2cal programming Virtually all sta2s2cal and predic2ve analy2c methods available Create analysis in a frac2on of the 2me compared to C++, SAS, SPSS, Vibrant user community 2 million+ users Latest methods available first in R DC UseR Group 3

4 REvolu2on R 3.0 Enterprise for Windows Brand new Graphical User Interface Speed the process of crea2ng and debugging R code 64- bit Windows support Use all available RAM to process large data sets Op2mized for performance R programs use mul2ple CPUs to run faster Parallel Programming tools Use mul2ple computers to speed computa2ons on large data sets 100% Compa2ble with R community packages available for free download DC UseR Group 4

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6 Why a new user interface for R on Windows? Make R a produc2on- ready solu2on for business Speed the process of crea2ng quality R code Produc2vity tools to insert and edit R commands Powerful debugging tools to find and fix problems Collabora2on environment for programming teams Manage code, data and output files Provide a professional- grade integrated development environment (IDE) for the R language Visual Studio- like interface with familiar to Windows programmers DC UseR Group 6

7 Seven ways to improve your produc2vity 1. Solu2ons: manage R applica2ons 2. Snippets: fill- in- the- blank tasks 3. Enhanced R script editor 4. Object browser: manage R objects 5. Interac2ve debugger 6. Personalize and collaborate 7. Advanced search and help DC UseR Group 7

8 Solu2ons and Projects Solu2on: Collect data, files for projects Corresponds to one R workspace / working directory Storage for common files for projects Project: Independent set of R scripts You can have mul2ple projects per solu2on DC UseR Group 8

9 Solu2ons and Projects Avoid shortcut hell for R Recent Solu2ons Switch Solu2ons Always be in the right working directory Standardize project structures Encourages use of rela2ve file names Project Templates Share projects Just zip- and- send for a working R applica2on DC UseR Group 9

10 Facilitate common tasks with Snippets Snippet : A predefined template for common R idioms Insert snippet, then fill in the blanks Bring new R users up to speed quickly Beker than dialogs for enhancing skills DC UseR Group 10

11 Code Snippets Manager: Create and share snippets Create your own snippets Automate programming frequent tasks Share snippets with colleagues Standardize analyses, charts etc. Enforce coding standards DC UseR Group 11

12 Intelligent R script editor Syntax- aware R script editor & command line Detect syntax errors in real 2me Func2on & object comple2on Hover over help & variable inspec2on Inden2ng and highligh2ng Change detec2on & Outlining Comment / uncomment Avoid code errors while crea2ng R programs more quickly DC UseR Group 12

13 Hover-over help in Script editor DC UseR Group 13

14 Object Browser Inspect objects in current environment List installed and loaded packages Browse objects in packages Inspect and edit data Plot data objects Saves 2me: just point at an object to inspect its value DC UseR Group 14

15 Interac2ve Debugger One- click to set a breakpoint in an R script or func2on Debug/Release mode to enable/disable breakpoints Step execu2on: next line, over or into func2ons Inspect or modify variables in running code Condi2onal breakpoints: break based on evalua2on of variable/func2on Eliminate the edit - > browser - > repair cycle Avoid embarrassment from forgoken debug code! DC UseR Group 15

16 Active breakpoint in R script editor DC UseR Group 16

17 Personalize your R working environment Fully- customizable Integrated Development Environment system Hide, dock and pin windows Tabbed UI to manage mul2ple source files Personal Bookmarks to navigate files DC UseR Group 17

18 Advanced search and help Search all files in solu2on / project Search all R Help files Search all manuals DC UseR Group 18

19 Some final observa2ons Finally, a professional- grade development environment for R Makes debugging a no- brainer instead of a chore Automa2c syntax checking saves a lot of 2me Makes R acceptable as a mainstream produc2on tool Technically challenging project Working with R core group helped a lot Would be nice to extend to non- Windows plaporms DC UseR Group 19

20 Thank You! compu2ng.com hkp://blog.revolu2on- compu2ng.com Webinar, October 27: hkp://bit.ly/2pbndp 7 Ways to Increase Your R Produc4vity - New REvolu4on R Enterprise 3.0 Integrated Development Environment for Windows DC UseR Group 20