RStudio Playground

This project provides a template RStudio development environment using Docker. It's designed to help you get started with R development quickly.

Quick Start

To start the RStudio server:

make start

This will:

1. Start the RStudio server in a Docker container
2. Open your default browser to http://localhost:8787

Note: The RStudio server is only accessible from localhost (127.0.0.1) for security reasons.

To stop the server:

make stop

Install dependencies / packages

1. System dependencies: Edit Aptfile to add system packages
2. R packages: Edit packages.R to add R packages

After modifying either file, run:

make rebuild

This will rebuild the container with new dependencies while preserving your workspace data.

Project Structure

• workspace/ - Directory for your R scripts and analysis files
• data/ - Directory for input data files
• packages.R - Defines R package dependencies
• Aptfile - Defines system-level dependencies
• Dockerfile - Container configuration
• docker-compose.yml - Container orchestration

References

• Rocker Project Documentation - Official documentation for Rocker Project's RStudio images
• Rocker RStudio Docker Image - Official Docker Hub repository for Rocker RStudio image
• Running RStudio Server with Docker - Blog post with detailed instructions on setting up RStudio Server with Docker