As we will talk about in the next section, your code is passed/sent to the console which actually is what evaluates/runs your code.
However, you need to document your code. So you will write a script so that you can save all of the code you wrote. Think of a script as a document outlining the steps you took to perform your analysis.
You write your script in this main panel
3.2 Console
Console
When you run code from a script, you send your code to your R console. This is done by either highlighting your code and using the shortcut ctrl enter ( โ return on Mac) or hitting the run button at the top of your main panel.
The code you write is evaluated and ran by your R console.
3.3 Terminal
Terminal
The terminal is also an area to run code. This often runs a different coding language (i.e. bash) which is a coding language that tells your computer what to do from a systems standpoint.
3.4 Environment
Environment
The environment displays your cached (temporarily saved) objects that you create with your R code.
We will elaborate a bit more later on this point.
But this lets you see things that youโve temporarily stored from your code.
3.5 Files
Files
Letโs you see what files and where you have them on your computer.
