Programming Background
Jessica Ayers 2023-06-06
Prompt
Everyone in this course had some programming experience coming in (due to the prerequisites). What are your thoughts on R vs whatever other software you’ve used? What functionality do you like about R? What parts do you miss about your other language? Do you consider R a difficult language to learn? (If you knew R prior to the course, describe your experience when first learning it.)
The majority of my programming experience has been in either SAS or R. I’ve worked with SAS more, but I have seen that many individuals in the work force rely on R more. That is one of the major reasons that I am taking this class; to be proficient in SAS and R is my goal. One thing I like about R is how organized everything can be. With access to R projects, R Markdown, and using R script, I can work with data easily. One thing I miss about SAS is that it is not case sensitive. I think R takes practice. Similar to many programming languages, the foundation is very similar across languages, but the specifics are different. The more you work with it, the easier it becomes!
Example Output from R Markdown
plot(mtcars)
