START_PROJECT.md

START_PROJECT.md Jim Lutz Fri Apr 7 17:51:03 2017

Generic instructions to myself for starting a new project.

1. Make sure R is upto date https://cran.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu/

2. Make sure R packages are upto date
   sudo R then update.packages(ask = FALSE, checkBuilt = TRUE)

3. Make sure RStudio is upto date https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download if not: https://askubuntu.com/questions/40779/how-do-i-install-a-deb-file-via-the-command-line

4. Make repository on GitHub https://github.com/

5. Connect to GitHub http://happygitwithr.com/push-pull-github.html

6. Connect RStudio to Git and GitHub http://happygitwithr.com/rstudio-git-github.html

7. Copy over *.R and related files from a recent project. Edit and modify as needed.

8. Make local changes, save, commit http://happygitwithr.com/rstudio-git-github.html#make-local-changes-save-commit