1. Create a new RStudio project

In this section you will create a new RStudio project. Projects are a concept within RStudio for keeping everything related to one piece of work together and integrates nicely with tools such as renv (and historically packrat).

Starting point: you should have been logged into DataLabs and created a new RStudio notebook which has been opened.

Once in RStudio, create a new project by browseing to File > New Project, and selecting New Directory. On the following form choose New Project.

After selecting this, enter a name for the directory the project will live in and browse to select where the project directory will be saved (you may need to make a new folder). At this point select the checkbox titled Use renv with this project, at which point you can select Create Project.

This will trigger the creation of a new RStudio project and will also trigger a refresh of your browser. Once the browser reloads you should be able to see in the top right underneath datalab that the project you are currently using is the same name you entered initially.