Software Requirements

This workshop assumes you have a GitHub account and either:

  • Git
  • GitKraken, or
  • RStudio

installed on your computer.

Git is a version control system that lets you track who made changes to what when and has options for easily updating a shared or public version of your code on GitHub (i.e. github.com). To work on GitHub You will need a supported web browser (current versions of Chrome, Firefox or Safari, or Internet Explorer version 9 or above).

GitKraken is a powerful and elegant multiplatform graphical interface for Git developed as an alternative to working with Git from the command line.

RStudio is a powerful development environment for writing R code and has an excellent integration with GitHub which we’ll be using to demonstrate contributing to open source projects.


Setup Instructions

Please complete the software installation and setup instructions that follow prior to joining the workshop