RIP RStudio 🪦 Positron has my 💕

(No RStudio isn't dead but there's a new show in town!)

Extensions:

- Material Theme (cant live without)
- Toggle Light/Dark (cant live without)
- Rust analyzer (can't live without)
- Todo tree
- Docker

[commandocringe]

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.

[marcosmetalmind]

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

[KK-ttjz]

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.

[kurokami]

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

[AdrienneMichelson]

Oh wow the version switching is super nice.

[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.

[j.moggridge]

This is looking pretty awesome, excited to try

[Andrei_WongE]

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

[brancengregory]

"the R installation something something" - felt

[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...

[blaisepascal]

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

[meryplays]

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

[thhaase-soz]

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

[KK-ttjz]

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

[MrThessalonikiman]

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

[davidbudzynski]

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.