What are the features in RStudio beyond running R scripts and can help you keep your research project organized? This hands on workshop covers advice for project management in R, working with R project files and using Git version control in RStudio with the aim of making your projects easier to share and more reproducible.
This workshop uses the project files and adapted version of the paper: “Trier social stress test and food-choice: Behavioral, self-report & hormonal data.” by authors Nitsch, F. J., Sellitto, M., & Kalenscher, T. published in Data in brief in 2021 with permission of the authors for instruction purposes. The paper DOI is https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2021.107245.
Workshop goals
- Learn about research project management in RStudio
- Set up RStudio’s Git integration
- Understand the basics of using version control in RStudio with Git
- Learn how to upload to GitHub to make your work publically available
Pre-requisites
Some familiarity and previous work with R and RStudio is recommended, but not required.
Workshop Content
| Section | Overview | Time Estimate |
|---|---|---|
| Setup | Before the workshop download and setup required software. | 0:15 min |
| Good Practices for Managing Projects in RStudio | * Best pratices for working on research projects involving data. * The purpose of using .Rproj files. * Backup strategies for projects * Using version control hosting platforms. | 0:40 min |
| Getting your project set up with version control in RSTudio | * Copy an existing project on Github to make contributions * Open a project with Git versioning in RStudio * Learn the basics of Git - pull, add, commit, push * Make a first edit in a verison controlled project | 0:40 min |
| Editing & Versioning | * Exercises for editing, adding and committing to version control | 0:10 min (optional) |
| Collaborating via GitHub | *Authenticate with Github * Connecting your project to Github. * Make changes locally and push them to Github. | 0:10 |
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