Tools

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# Tools
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.subtitle[
## Introduction to Data Science (BIOL7800)
<a href="https://introdatasci.dlilab.com/" class="uri">https://introdatasci.dlilab.com/</a>
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.author[
### Daijiang Li
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.institute[
### LSU
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.date[
### 2023/08/29
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# Tools going to use

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- R
- git 
- bash (terminal)
- RStudio
- GitHub
- Make
- TinyTex (generate pdf using Rmarkdown)
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# R (https://www.r-project.org)

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- A programming language

- First appeared: August 1993; 28 years ago

- \> 18,000 packages and counting

- Download and Installation (https://mirrors.nics.utk.edu/cran/)
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# Tour of R

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## If you are using Windows 10, you should [enable and install Bash on Ubuntu on Windows](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10). You can try to do this after class.

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# Git (https://git-scm.com)

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- Version control system
    - `which git` (Mac, Linux) or `where git` (Windows)

- [Download and Installation](https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/git-novice-branch-pr/setup/)

- [Setting up Git](https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/git-novice-branch-pr/02-setup/)
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![final doc](https://carpentries-incubator.github.io/git-novice-branch-pr/fig/phd101212s.png)
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# RStudio (https://www.rstudio.com)

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- Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

- Public Benefit Co.

- [Download](https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/#download) and Installation
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# Tour of RStudio

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- Check Terminal in RStudio
- Check git panel
- `Alt + Shift + k` to show all shortcuts
- [Cheatsheet](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rstudio/cheatsheets/main/rstudio-ide.pdf)
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# GitHub (https://github.com)

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- Online platform to share code

- Collaborative coding
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# Make (https://www.gnu.org/software/make/)

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- `make --version` to check whether you have it already
- [Windows version](http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm)
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# LaTex and TinyTex (https://yihui.org/tinytex/)

```r
# Open RStudio
install.packages('tinytex')
tinytex::install_tinytex()
```

### Create an Rmarkdown file and give it a try to generate a PDF file.

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# macOS & linux (optional but highly recommended)

```bash
# macOS only
xcode-select --install
# Installing Homebrew for pkg management
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
```

### [Homebrew: The Missing Package Manager for macOS (or Linux)](https://brew.sh/)

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# Useful links

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- [Happy Git and GitHub for the useR](https://happygitwithr.com)

- [R related Cheatsheets](https://www.rstudio.com/resources/cheatsheets/)

- [Software carpentry](http://software-carpentry.org/)

- [Data capentry](https://datacarpentry.org)

- [Minimal Make tutorial](https://kbroman.org/minimal_make/)
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