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Status: Closed (View Workflow)
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Done
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Affects Version/s: None
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Story Points:2
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Sprint:Fall 7, Winter 1
Description
GOAL: To test out positron, a newish IDE from the company POsit, who now control R-Studio.
It is possible that R-studio could dissappear eventually, being replaced by positron. Should be a similar IDE but handles both python and R.
1. Install it.
2. Try a test script of 2 in the 2 different languages.
Report plus and minuses of this tool!!
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Assigning to Dr. Reid, if you think my review is sufficient then move to closed. I think positron is versatile and worth using.
Done.
Ran a python script I used for class and one of Chinaza's old R scripts. I like positron because its really easy to visually check your variables and tables. It displays them on the right side which is pretty. It is very similar to R studio in terms of layout. You can also open and look into any file in the working directory, as they are listed out on the left side. It is really easy to navigate. My only complaint is that it is kind of annoying to set the working directory. You have to open the project in whatever directory you want to work in, but you cant change directories very easily. For example, if you were writing code in on folder, but wanted to move the code somewhere else, you would have to close out your current session and reopen it in that folder. Overall it is pretty cool and seems to have most if not all the R methods/functions. Same for python. I may use it for python from now on.