Materials for the Complement of Bioinformatic Technics II course, Master in Life Data Technologies. Faculty of Sciences & Technologies, Haute-Ecole en Hainaut (HEH) - November 2023

Requirements

• A fresh R installation (v4.3.2 or above): https://www.r-project.org

• RStudio (2023.09.1+494 or above): https://posit.co/downloads/

• The following R packages:

  # run this in RStudio
  install.packages("tidyverse")
  install.packages("tidylog")
  install.packages("magrittr")
  install.packages("reshape2")
  install.packages("patchwork")
  install.packages("BiocManager")

Note: you can check that installations were successful by loading each package using the command library('package_name').

Useful things

FiraCode

FiraCode is a great font that simplifies reading of scripts. Visit their GitHub page to see it by yourself and install it!

RStudio parameters

Visit the RStudio options and check the following settings:

• General > Workspace > Restore .RData ... (uncheck)
• General > Workspace > Save workspace to .RData ... > Never
• General > History > Always save history (uncheck)
• Code > Display > Syntax > Highlight R function calls (check)
• Code > Display > Syntax > Use rainbow parentheses (check)
• Code > Display > Completion > Insert spaces around equals ... (uncheck)
• Code > R Diagnostics > Prompt to install missing R packages ... (check)
• Appearance > Chose the theme you like! (Recommended: Cobalt)
• Appearance > Editor Font > FiraCode (see above for installation)

Feel free to explore other parameters and see what works best for you.