The different sections and panes in RStudio

• The RStudio window consists of 3-4 different sections.
• Each section can present different kinds of information, called panes.
• The Console pane is by default the one on the left or lower-left. It is the place where we directly type R commands to be executed.
• The Environment pane is typically in the top right section. It shows all the active objects in your current session. When we store new data sets or computations, a summary of those objects will appear there.
• The History pane contains a list of all previously executed commands. You can use it to quickly recall a previous command and reintroduce it into the Console by double-clicking.
• The Files pane provides you access to your files on the RStudio server. Typically you would create a new folder for each analysis project.
• The Plots pane is where generated graphs appear. You can click the left-right arrows in the pane to scroll through the various plots you have created. You can also click the Zoom button for a larger view of the graph in its own window.
• The Packages pane lists the available packages and add-ons which can be used to enhance R’s capabilities. The already loaded packages are shown with a check mark.
• The Help pane gives you access to R documentation for additional info on a command. The information provided by some documentation pages may be somewhat overwhelming and confusing. The commands list page and the morsels pages provide more easily digestible amounts of information, more suitable for beginners.