Before doing anything else, install those:
- VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
- Vagrant: https://www.vagrantup.com/downloads.html
- git: http://git-scm.com/download/win
This post examines the features of [R Markdown](http://www.rstudio.org/docs/authoring/using_markdown) | |
using [knitr](http://yihui.name/knitr/) in Rstudio 0.96. | |
This combination of tools provides an exciting improvement in usability for | |
[reproducible analysis](http://stats.stackexchange.com/a/15006/183). | |
Specifically, this post | |
(1) discusses getting started with R Markdown and `knitr` in Rstudio 0.96; | |
(2) provides a basic example of producing console output and plots using R Markdown; | |
(3) highlights several code chunk options such as caching and controlling how input and output is displayed; | |
(4) demonstrates use of standard Markdown notation as well as the extended features of formulas and tables; and | |
(5) discusses the implications of R Markdown. |
Before doing anything else, install those: