☁️ Posit Cloud Setup Guide

☁️ Posit Cloud Setup Guide#

Posit Cloud is our magical online coding environment where you’ll write R code in your web browser - no installation needed! It’s free, professional, easy to share with others, and has everything pre-installed for our data science adventures.

📋 Step-by-Step Setup#

Step 1: Create Your Account#

  1. 🌐 Go to posit.cloud

  2. 🖱️ Click “Get Started” if you don’t have an account, or “Sign Up” if you already have an account

  3. 🆓 You will see the “Free” plan on the left most column, click “Learn more”

  4. ✍️ Click “Sign up”

  5. 📧 Enter your email address and create a password; Or sign up using your own Google account, GitHub account or Clever account

  6. ✅ Verify your email (check your email’s inbox for an email from Posit Cloud, and click “verify email”!)

  7. 🎯 Go back to your Posit Cloud page and click “Continue”

Step 2: Join Our Camp Workspace#

Here is the workspace link we will use during this camp. It’s called “data_playground”. You can copy the link directly by hovering your mouse over the top right corner of the text box below:

https://posit.cloud/spaces/624374/join?access_code=DPo4bWWzbmekRHTREK_nW0M8Sjmpjmjd3gXKHLFO`

If the above link is too long for you, try this shorter one:

https://shorturl.at/iM1Hk

  1. 🔗 Click the workspace link from your instructor

  2. 🎯 Click “Join Workspace”

  3. ✨ You’re in! You will see “data_playground” being listed on the left panel. If you click on “All Content”, you should see project for “Day_1”.

Step 3: Test Your Setup#

  1. 📂 Open the “Day_1” project

    💡 Important: When you open this project, Posit Cloud automatically creates your own permanent copy! This means you can make changes, play around, and save your work - it’s all yours to keep and access later.

  2. 🖱️ Under the “Console” tab (top left)

  3. ⌨️ Type:

print("Hello, magical data world!")

  1. ⏎ Press Enter

  2. 🎉 You should see your message appear!

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🆘 Troubleshooting#

“I can’t see the workspace!”#

  • ✅ Make sure you’re logged into your Posit Cloud account

  • ✅ Ask your instructor for the workspace link again

  • ✅ Try refreshing your browser

“My code isn’t working!”#

  • ✅ Check for typos (R is case-sensitive!)

  • ✅ Ask a friend or instructor for help

“Everything is slow!”#

  • ✅ Close other browser tabs

  • ✅ Make sure you have good internet connection

🎉 You’re Ready for Magic!#

Congratulations! Your magical coding castle is now ready 🏰. It’s time to go back to Day 1 activities and start your first day of magical programming adventures.

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