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R programming best practices

Analysts and data teams working in R who want projects that are organized, reproducible and easy to hand over.

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mkdir -p .cursor/rules && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/main/rules/r-cursorrules-prompt-file-best-practices.mdc -o .cursor/rules/r-cursorrules-prompt-file-best-practices.mdc
r-cursorrules-prompt-file-best-practices.mdc

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What it does

A Cursor rules file that guides the assistant when writing R code. It covers project and file organization, snake_case naming, reusable functions, reproducible reports with RMarkdown or Quarto, dependency management with renv, Git use, and documenting dependencies in R packages.

Use cases

  1. 01Set up a clean R project folder structure
  2. 02Write a reproducible Quarto report
  3. 03Lock package dependencies with renv

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R programming best practices.

What is R programming best practices used for?

Analysts and data teams working in R who want projects that are organized, reproducible and easy to hand over. A Cursor rules file that guides the assistant when writing R code. It covers project and file organization, snake_case naming, reusable functions, reproducible reports with RMarkdown or Quarto, dependency management with renv, Git use, and documenting dependencies in R packages.

How do I install R programming best practices?

Run this in your terminal: mkdir -p .cursor/rules && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules/main/rules/r-cursorrules-prompt-file-best-practices.mdc -o .cursor/rules/r-cursorrules-prompt-file-best-practices.mdc

Is R programming best practices open source?

Yes. The code is on GitHub (PatrickJS/awesome-cursorrules) under the CC0-1.0 licence.

Is R programming best practices safe to use?

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