

Once you start coding, you might be also interested in reading: If you’re new to RStudio, you can browse this book. I may receive a small commission when you buy using my links, this helps to keep the blog alive! See disclosure for details.) This post may contain affiliate links from Amazon or other publishers I trust (at no extra cost to you). (Note: I participate in the affiliate amazon program. When you open the project, just remember to activate the environment: Navigate and select your Python interpreter : Tools -> Global Options – > Python -> Select -> Virtual environments Source environment_name\bin\activate Select Python interpreter Activate the virtual environment for the current project (initial setup):.Create the virtual environment for the current project (initial setup):.Install virtual environment with pip install in the RStudio terminal window (initial setup):.You’ll have to create and select the virtual environment as the Python interpreter for the RStudio Project and then activate. Ĭreate and activate Python virtual environmentĮach project might require different versions of packages and this can be encapsulated in a virtual environment. Navigate and save your project: File -> New Project – > Existing Directory (linked to the GitHub folder if applicable) / New Directory ( if you work locally). You’ll find below the simple steps to help set up a project in R Studio so you can start using Python: Create an R Studio Project: Wait, what? Why would you use R Studio as an IDE for running Python? There’s a simple answer to this question: this is the perfect Data Science IDE when you use R and Python together.
