Hi all, I am thinking about good and easy 'backup' options for R and/or python that workshop participants could use when they have technical issues with their computer that take longer to sort out. Most of my previous workshops ran smoothly, but I remember one workshop with R this year, where we had a number of problems with packages that did not install or did not load properly, it was a mix of too old R versions and missing rights on machines. In South Africa we have additional challenges, like old and and very slow computers, which can take minutes to generate a plot in R, or very slow internet connection, making it difficult to install packages on the fly.
I just discovered RStudioCloud https://rstudio.cloud providing full Rstudio setup in the web and the service is offered for free at the moment. I also started experimenting with Rstudio Server on my workgroup's server, however this would only work within my institution. And I know that under Windows one can run Rstudio from a usb drive ... I would like to hear what other people do in such situations ... Thanks Katrin ------------------------------------------ The Carpentries: discuss Permalink: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/T963f4b806cda01a2-M07cc926167b30ab018eef307 Delivery options: https://carpentries.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/subscription
