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vscode-R is the R Extension for Visual Studio Code. The extension is mainly focused on providing language service based on static code analysis and user interactivity between VS Code and R sessions.

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Features

• Snippets for R and R Markdown.

• R Language Service: Code completion, function signature, symbol highlight, document outline, formatting, definition, diagnostics, references, and more.

• Interacting with R terminals: Sending code to terminals, running multiple terminals, working with remote servers.

• Package development: Build, test, install, load all and other commands from devtools.

• Keyboard shortcuts: Built-in and customizable keyboard shortcuts.

• Workspace viewer: Environment pane to show global variables in the attached R session.

• Help pages viewer: Viewing R help pages and searching help topics.

• Package management: Installing and removing R packages.

• Session symbol hover and completion.

• Data viewer: Viewing data.frame or matrix in a grid or a list structure in a treeview.

• Plot viewer: PNG file viewer and SVG plot viewer based on httpgd.

• Webpage viewer: Viewing htmlwidgets such as interactive graphics and visual profiling results.

• Browser viewer: Viewing interactive shiny apps.

• R Markdown support: R Markdown chunk highlighting, chunk navigation, execute commands, and preview.

• RStudio add-in support: Run supported RStudio add-ins in VS Code with a live R session.

• Full support of Remote Development via SSH, Containers and WSL.

• Live share collaboration: Shared workspace, terminal, and viewer in R pair programming.