RStudio projects

• RStudio projects are basically directories (folders) on your RStudio webspace that contain everything related to a particular project.
• To start a new project:
  • Go to “File -> New Project”, then choose “New Directory” and then “Empty Project”.
  • Give the directory a name (avoid using spaces and other special symbols) and choose its parent directory.
  • Click on “Create Project” to create the project.
  • You should now be seeing a fresh session, and the “Files” pane should be showing the new directory.
• A special file will be created in this folder, with extension Rproj and named after the project. You can double-click this file later on to “reactivate” the project.
• A typical project directory will contain the special project file, one or more RMarkdown documents and their derivatives, uploaded datasets etc.