Technical Notes on the R programming language, by Sigal Blay. 1) Calling C from R, an introduction. The functions .C and .Call. provide a standard interface to compiled code that has been linked into ...

As part of our mini-series on programming languages, James Fransham makes the case for R being the best language for data journalism and our team shares their tips for getting started with it.

Programming experience: While prior programming experience can be beneficial, it is not strictly necessary to learn R. Beginners can start with basic statistical concepts and gradually build their ...