RIP RStudio 🪦 Positron has my 💕

(No RStudio isn't dead but there's a new show in town!)
Download Positron: github.com/posit-dev/positron
My keybindings: gist.github.com/JosiahParry/f...
Extensions:
- Material Theme (cant live without)
- Toggle Light/Dark (cant live without)
- Rust analyzer (can't live without)
- Todo tree
- Docker

[@commandocringe7557]

oh wow i wasn't aware of that. finally r programming coming to the 21st century. the feel of RStudio and the versatility and modernism of VSC combined could be great.

[@asteinmetz]

It's worth thinking about the audience for this product. I've been testing it from the viewpoint of a data scientist and, like VS Code, there is a lot going on beyond what I need. I applaud Posit for becoming language agnostic but Positron is very much developer-centric so far. I don't like a workflow that includes dropping into the command line (or Powershell) - this is one thing I think RStudio gets right vs. what Python tools expect from people.

[@AdrienneMichelson]

Oh wow the version switching is super nice.

[@jmoggridge]

This is looking pretty awesome, excited to try

[@kurokami254]

Been getting into rust and trying to up my game as an R user as well, think I'll try this. Also, can't wait to see what you build in the future

[@KK-tt5jz]

can't wait to try this, rstudio has been so slow for me lately I am having to build models for Kaggle comps using dataspell that I have to pay out of pocket for.

[@marcosmetalmind]

I tested the Positron and I like it. Combine Rstudio, Spyder and Vscode in a single IDE.

[@brancengregory]

"the R installation something something" - felt

[@Aaqib..]

I havent used R studio myself since i installed Positron, working with R and Python at the same time is just so easy and somehow i feel like it's faster in response and everything.

[@Andrei_WongE]

Actually, I do like the R project way of doing stuff...

[@josiahparry]

its the same thing as an r project without the bloated files

[@KK-tt5jz]

Are you able to take advantage of apple's gpu with positron? thanks

[@thhaase-soz]

what makes this better then VSCode? (or codium what im using)

[@meryplays8952]

Now we need R to become more developer friendly, like Julia. BTW, how is it different from VScodium (or Theia) + R extension?

[@blaisepascal3905]

Amazing tool! But I already use vs code. What are the benefits to move to Positron then?

[@cmhhansen]

I must admit I'm a little confused by this whole positron thing. Im already using vscode for everything besides R. I'd have much rather they contributed a nice R extension for use with vscode. Tbh, I often use vscode for R also when I'm accessing remote machines and can't be assed installing rstudio server, and I find the setup okay...

[@wngmv]

The way i see it they just want more users. As I'm as R heavy as BASH, with a mind to go into other stuff I'm just gonna stay with base VSC.

[@MrThessalonikiman1]

If someone uses Visual Studio code that runs almost everything, does he need positron or r-studio?

[@josiahparry]

you can use the command line if you want to i suppose. you don't _need_ VS Code or RStudio, or Positron, or any other editor. They're just nice to play with

[@joseoscardelgadobautista2105]

🤣

[@davidbudzynski9290]

What is the point of making a clone of vs code? They cant keep up with rstudio developennt, so how are they going to keep up with VS Code development and implement patches. The licence itself is also a big turn off. Posit really fell off.

[@joshstat8114]

Yeah, I've asked this for myself: What's the use of RStudio and the point of making this? I am disappointed and otherwise, I'll be astonished to this one.

[@yahyaterzi2814]

I was sure that they would release something instead of r-studio. But I wasn't expecting a vs code clone.

[@josiahparry]

It's not a VS Code "clone". Think of it as opinionated extensions of VS Code OSS that is continaully being synced with its upstream

[@davidbudzynski9290]

@@josiahparry it is a vs code clone because it's a forked core of vs code. It doesn't have access to vs code packages just like VS codium because MS license does not allow this