Best IDE / TextEditor for R [duplicate]

Answer 1

I've been using Eclipse/StatET. However, there's a new FLOSS IDE that was released today that looks interesting called RStudio. It even supports Sweave, so once it becomes more polished I may switch. User input seemed a little sluggish when I played with it earlier today however.

Update

They have been actively updating RStudio every month or two. It's been months since I encountered even a minor bug. And the features added are really useful--seamless package development and native Git support being the two that come to mind.

Answer 2

My preferred tool on all platforms is the ESS mode for Emacs.

Answer 3

I use Jedit along with Romain Francios's edit mode for R (http://romainfrancois.blog.free.fr/index.php?post/2009/03/16/A-better-jedit-edit-mode-for-R).

Answer 4

This is ultimately a very subjective question, and will depend on your OS, etc.

I prefer Eclipse (StatET) because I use it for all my development and it has many rich features (e.g. SVN integration, Sweave/Latex integration, project management). If you use Emacs, then ESS is great. This clearly depends on what you like.

I used Tinn-R before, but ultimately I prefer to have one IDE for everything, and Eclipse has a much wider general adoption.

Answer 5

I use Eclipse with the StatET plugin.

Pros:

• Supports everything you'd expect (syntax highlighting, code folding, etc..) but also has s ome nice R interaction pieces.

• You get all the bells and whistles of Eclipse. For example, we use SVN with our R code and the Subclipse plugin is awesome.

Cons:

• Eclipse is a beast.

Answer 6

I've been using TINN-R for several years and have been very happy with it. It allows you to highlight portions of your code and click to send it to the interpreter, or send one line at a time or the entire file.