Practical Predictive Analytics

Brief description of some important panes

• The Source pane will be used to code and save your programs. Once code is created you can use File | Save to save your work to an external file, and File |Open to retrieve the saved code.

If you are installing RStudio for the first time nothing may be shown as the fourth pane. However, as you create new programs (as we will later in this chapter), it will appear in the upper right quadrant.

• The Console pane provides important feedback and information about your program after it has been run. It will show you any syntax or error messages that have occurred. It is always a best practice to examine the console to make sure you are getting the results you expect, and make sure the console is clear ...