From the course: SQL Server Machine Learning Services: R
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Add development tools to a client
From the course: SQL Server Machine Learning Services: R
Add development tools to a client
[Narrator] - The open source nature and flexibility of the R language has created a wealth of development tools to choose from. Data scientists might find that they prefer writing their R scripts in an application that was designed from the ground up for R, rather than writing code in a tool that was primarily designed for managing a sequel server database such as Management Studio. It might be better to work inside of a more fully featured R development application that offers proper syntax highlighting, co-completion assistance, dedicating graphical interface, and more. Often scripts will need to be developed on a separate client machine, such as your laptop while sitting in a coffee shop. You then want to be able to take those scripts and deploy them to a sequel server when you return to the office. The problem with using a client machine for script development is that you need to make sure that the package…
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