But data science is a specific field, so while Python is emerging as the most popular language in the world, R still has its place and has advantages for those doing data analysis.

Before engaging with RStudio, the folks at Qubole undertook a study to gauge the popularity of R. They found that, contrary to the rumors of R’s demise, that R remains an integral part of the data ...

Harnham said that Python was now the top programming language used in data science, "with R falling firmly into second place." The remaining top-five data science technologies were SQL, AWS and Spark.

Interest in R was surging when Theuwissen founded DataCamp in 2013 with Dieter De Mesmaeker and Jonathan Cornelissen. In fact, R was the core focus at DataCamp, which provides education and training ...

It has a built-in, easy-to-use data and variable explorer, which includes options like sorting and filtering data frames. It can be accessed by clicking an icon, for both R and Python data.

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