Tutorial: Get Started with Quarto - useR 2024 - Salzburg

This repository contains the source code of the website used for the tutorial resources, available at https://cderv.github.io/user2024-tutorial-quarto/

To be ready and do the exercises

Setting up your environment:

• Download and install the latest versions of R, RStudio and Quarto:

  • A recent version of R (4.4 or higher)

  • The latest version of RStudio (2024.04.2-764 or higher)

  • The latest version of Quarto 1.5 available at https://quarto.org/docs/download/

• Install the following packages:

  # For the exercises 
  # (dplyr and ggplot2 should be sufficient if you don't want the entire tidyverse)
  pkg_list <- c("rmarkdown", "palmerpenguins", "gt", "tidyverse") 
  # R base
  install.packages(pkg_list)
  # or using pak
  pak::pkg_install(pkg_list)

If you prefer to have the files locally in advance:

• Download exercises.zip. This compressed folder contains various resources that may be useful for the exercises. Unzip it on your desktop or in a location that you can easily locate on your computer. You will be able to simply copy and paste the files you need throughout the tutorial.

• Download examples-correction.zip. This is the equivalent of exercise solutions - Do not look in advance if you really want to practice on the day. This compressed folder contains various resources used as examples and demonstrations. Unzip it on your desktop or in a location that you can easily locate on your computer. You will be able to simply copy and paste the files you need throughout the tutorial.

Licence

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Acknowlegments

Thanks to Andrew Bray and Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel for their work on Materials for the “From R Markdown to Quarto” ASA Traveling workshop. This tutorial inspires from it, and borrows with adaptations some parts.