R Tutorials for VS Code

Browse and run R package tutorials (learnr) directly from the VS Code sidebar.

Features

• Activity Bar icon for quick access to all installed R tutorials
• Lists tutorials from all installed R packages that use learnr
• Click to run any tutorial directly
• Automatically detects missing dependencies and offers to install them
• Refresh button to update the tutorial list after installing new packages

Requirements

• R installed and available in PATH
• The learnr R package

Usage

1. Click the R Tutorials icon in the Activity Bar
2. Browse the list of available tutorials
3. Use ⌥⌘F (Mac) or Ctrl+Alt+F (Windows/Linux) to filter
4. Click any tutorial to run it

Installation

This extension is not yet published to the VS Code Marketplace. To install from source:

git clone https://github.com/PPBDS/vscode-r-tutorials.git
cd vscode-r-tutorials
npm install
npm run compile

Then open the folder in VS Code and press F5 to test.