2.2 RStudio Projects

Projects are a nice way to organize your data projects within RStudio. Projects keep together input data, R scripts, analytical results, and figures, and keeps different projects separate. Each project can run on its own independent R session (no worries about cross-hybridization), and you can have several projects open concurrently without risk of cross-pollinating them.

To make a new project, click File > New Project, then:

Note that I always create a git repository for version control. If you’re not doing that, untick the box in the window above.