[docs] R in Gitpod

.gitpod.yml

@@ -13,21 +13,23 @@ vscode:
     - [email protected]:Qde/ISuGvFTPjoaMf1FmnQ==
     - [email protected]:YnjK47pXScU3DMFfQzkkOw==
 
+    - [email protected]:M4pd3IjUdOlW1oU7q8SITA==
+
 github:
   prebuilds:
     # enable for the master/default branch (defaults to true)
     master: true
-    # enable for all branches in this repo (defaults to false)
+# enable for all branches in this repo (defaults to false)
     branches: true
-    # enable for pull requests coming from this repo (defaults to true)
+# enable for pull requests coming from this repo (defaults to true)
     pullRequests: true
-    # enable for pull requests coming from forks (defaults to false)
+# enable for pull requests coming from forks (defaults to false)
     pullRequestsFromForks: true
-    # add a check to pull requests (defaults to true)
+# add a check to pull requests (defaults to true)
     addCheck: true
-    # add a "Review in Gitpod" button as a comment to pull requests (defaults to false)
+# add a "Review in Gitpod" button as a comment to pull requests (defaults to false)
     addComment: false
-    # add a "Review in Gitpod" button to the pull request's description (defaults to false)
+# add a "Review in Gitpod" button to the pull request's description (defaults to false)
     addBadge: false
-    # add a label once the prebuild is ready to pull requests (defaults to false)
-    addLabel: false
+# add a label once the prebuild is ready to pull requests (defaults to false)
+    addLabel: false

src/docs/languages-and-frameworks.md

@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ Below is a list of language and framework specific tips & tricks.
   * [PHP](/docs/php-in-gitpod)
   * [Rust](/docs/rust-in-gitpod/)
   * [Julia](/docs/julia-in-gitpod/)
+  * [R](/docs/r-in-gitpod/)

src/docs/menu.ts

@@ -123,6 +123,10 @@ export const MENU: MenuEntry[] = [
             M(
                 "Julia",
                 "julia-in-gitpod"
+            ),
+            M(
+                "R",
+                "r-in-gitpod"
             )
         ]
     ),

src/docs/r-in-gitpod.md

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# R in Gitpod
+
+Gitpod does not come with out of the box support for R, so here is how to configure it
+
+## Installing R
+
+First you'll probably want to install R, to do this add the following to your [`.gitpod.Dockerfile`](https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-docker/)
+
+```Dockerfile
+RUN brew install R
+```
+
+This will install R to your project!
+
+
+## VSCode Extensions
+
+### R Extension
+![Picture of R extension](images/RGitpod.png)
+To install the R extension to your repository add the following to your [`.gitpod.yml`](https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-gitpod-file/):
+```yaml
+vscode:
+  extensions:
+    - [email protected]:z5vr1v1bfS++U/aHLSXQ6Q==
+```
+
+## R Tools
+![Picture of R tools](images/RTools.png)
+The R tools extension adds syntax checking, completions, code formatting, formatting as you type, tooltips, linting.
+
+To add this extension to your repository add the following to your [`.gitpod.yml`](https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-gitpod-file/):
+
+```yaml
+vscode:
+  extensions:
+    - [email protected]:M4pd3IjUdOlW1oU7q8SITA==
+```
+
+And add the following to your [`.gitpod.Dockerfile`](https://www.gitpod.io/docs/config-docker/):
+
+```Dockerfile
+RUN wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/19.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb \
+    && sudo dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb \
+    && sudo apt-get update \
+    && sudo apt-get install aspnetcore-runtime-3.1
+```