Ecosystem and Package Management

Package Development: R’s infrastructure supports easy package development, making it accessible for researchers and practitioners to share their work. The devtools package simplifies package creation, testing, and documentation.
Version Control and Collaboration: Tools like GitHub are widely used within the R community for version control and collaboration on projects. The integration with RStudio enhances this workflow.
RStudio: An integrated development environment (IDE) that has become synonymous with R programming. It provides a user-friendly interface, built-in tools for package management, version control, and powerful debugging features.