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/*
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 *  This file is part of CoCalc: Copyright © 2022 Sagemath, Inc.
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 *  License: MS-RSL – see LICENSE.md for details
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 */
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import { Layout } from "antd";
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import { Icon } from "@cocalc/frontend/components/icon";
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import Code from "components/landing/code";
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import Collaboration from "components/landing/collaboration";
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import Contact from "components/landing/contact";
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import Content from "components/landing/content";
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import Footer from "components/landing/footer";
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import Head from "components/landing/head";
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import Header from "components/landing/header";
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import Info from "components/landing/info";
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import LaTeX from "components/landing/latex";
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import Pitch from "components/landing/pitch";
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import Publishing from "components/landing/publishing";
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import SignIn from "components/landing/sign-in";
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import Snapshots from "components/landing/snapshots";
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import { Paragraph, Title } from "components/misc";
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import A from "components/misc/A";
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import { Customize } from "lib/customize";
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import withCustomize from "lib/with-customize";
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import rEnvironment from "public/features/cocalc-r-environment.png";
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import jupyterCollab from "public/features/cocalc-r-jupyter-collaborate.png";
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import rJupyter from "public/features/cocalc-r-jupyter.png";
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import rLatex from "public/features/cocalc-r-latex.png";
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import sidechat from "public/features/cocalc-r-side-chat.png";
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import rcode from "public/features/cocalc-rcode.png";
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import rmdDemo from "public/features/cocalc-rmd-demo-R-python3-plotting.png";
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import logo from "public/features/r-logo.svg";
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const component = "R";
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const title = `Run ${component} Online`;
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export default function R({ customize }) {
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  return (
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    <Customize value={customize}>
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      <Head title={"R Statistical Software"} />
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      <Layout>
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        <Header
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          page="features"
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          subPage="r-statistical-software"
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          runnableTag="R"
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        />
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        <Layout.Content>
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          <Content
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            landing
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            startup={component}
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            body={logo}
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            title={title}
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            subtitle={
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              <>
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                Run <A href="https://www.r-project.org/">R code</A>,{" "}
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                <A href="#a-jupyternotebook">R in Jupyter notebooks</A>,
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                RMarkdown, or even{" "}
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                <A href="#a-latex">
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                  Knitr/Rnw <LaTeX />
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                </A>{" "}
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                in a full, remote online R environment.
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              </>
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            }
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            subtitleBelow={true}
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            image={rJupyter}
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            alt={"Use of R in Jupyter"}
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          />
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          <Pitch
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            col1={
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              <>
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                <Title level={3}>
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                  <Icon name="pencil-alt" style={{ marginRight: "10px" }} />
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                  CoCalc makes working with R easy
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                </Title>
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                <Paragraph>
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                  CoCalc handles all the tedious details for you, regardless of
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                  whether you want to work on the{" "}
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                  <A href="/features/terminal">command line</A>, run{" "}
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                  <A href="#a-jupyternotebook">Jupyter Notebooks</A>, create
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                  RMarkdown files, or use{" "}
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                  <A href="#a-latex">
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                    Knitr in <LaTeX /> documents
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                  </A>
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                  .
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                </Paragraph>
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                <Paragraph>
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                  This page is about ways to use R in the{" "}
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                  <A href="../">CoCalc platform</A>.
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                </Paragraph>
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              </>
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            }
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            col2={
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              <>
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                <Title level={3}>
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                  <Icon name="lightbulb" style={{ marginRight: "10px" }} /> Zero
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                  setup
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                <Paragraph>
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                  <ul>
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                    <li>
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                      No need for you to download and install{" "}
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                      <A href="https://www.r-project.org/">R</A>.
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                    </li>
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                    <li>
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                      CoCalc already{" "}
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                      <A href="/software/r">provides many packages</A> for you.
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                    </li>
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                    <li>
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                      The <A href="/features/latex-editor">LaTeX editor</A> is
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                      already integrated with R.
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                    </li>
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                    <li>
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                      You no longer have to maintain everything on your own.
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                    </li>
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                  </ul>
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                </Paragraph>
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                <Paragraph>
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                  Start working by creating or{" "}
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                  <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/howto/upload.html">
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                    uploading R files
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                  </A>
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                  , RMarkdown documents, or{" "}
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                  <A href="/features/jupyter-notebook">Jupyter notebooks</A>.
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                </Paragraph>
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              </>
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            }
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          />
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          <SignIn startup={component} />
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          <Info.Heading
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            description={
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              <>There are many ways to use {component} online via CoCalc.</>
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            }
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          >
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            Feature Overview
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          </Info.Heading>
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          <Info
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            title="R in Jupyter Notebooks"
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            icon="ipynb"
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            image={rJupyter}
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            anchor="a-jupyternotebook"
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            alt={"Using R via the Jupyter notebook"}
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          >
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            <Paragraph>
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              CoCalc offers a{" "}
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              <strong>
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                <A href="/features/jupyter-notebook">complete rewrite</A>
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              </strong>{" "}
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              of the classical{" "}
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              <A href="http://jupyter.org/">Jupyter notebook</A> interface. It
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              is{" "}
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              <A href="http://doc.cocalc.com/jupyter.html">
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                tightly integrated into CoCalc
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              </A>{" "}
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              and adds real-time collaboration, TimeTravel history and more.
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            </Paragraph>
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            <Paragraph>
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              There is also support in CoCalc for easily using R with the{" "}
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              <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/jupyter.html#classical-versus-cocalc">
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                classical Jupyter notebook and JupyterLab.
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              </A>
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            </Paragraph>
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          </Info>
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          <Collaboration image={jupyterCollab} />
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          <Info
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            title={
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              <>
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                Extensive <LaTeX /> support for R
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              </>
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            }
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            icon="tex"
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            image={rLatex}
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            anchor="a-latex"
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            alt="Using Knitr in CoCalc to create an R-enhanced LaTeX document."
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            below={
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              <>
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                <Paragraph>
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                  This means you can move{" "}
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                  <strong>your entire workflow online to CoCalc</strong>:
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                <Paragraph>
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                  <ol>
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                      <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/howto/upload.html">
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                        Upload
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                      or fetch your datasets,
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                    </li>
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                    <li>
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                      Use <A href="#a-jupyternotebook">Jupyter Notebooks</A> to
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                      explore the data and test your hypothesis,
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                      <A href="#a-chat">Discuss</A> and{" "}
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                      <A href="#a-collaboration">collaborate</A> with your
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                      research team,
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                    <li>
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                      Write your research paper in an <Code>.Rtex</Code> or{" "}
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                      <Code>.Rnw</Code> document,
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                      <A href="#a-publishing">Publish</A> your datasets, your
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                      research code, and the PDF of your paper online, all
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                      hosted on CoCalc.{" "}
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                    </li>
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                  </ol>
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                </Paragraph>
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              </>
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            }
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          >
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              The fully integrated{" "}
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              <A href="/features/latex-editor">
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                CoCalc <LaTeX /> editor
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              </A>{" "}
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              covers all your basic needs for working with <Code>.tex</Code>,{" "}
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              <Code>.Rnw</Code> and <Code>.Rtex</Code> files. The document is
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              synchronized with your collaborators in realtime and everyone sees
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              the same compiled PDF. In particular, this <LaTeX /> editor
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            <Paragraph>
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              <ul>
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                <li>Manages the entire compilation pipeline for you,</li>
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                  Automatically processes{" "}
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                    <Code>.Rnw</Code> and <Code>.Rtex</Code> files
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                  using{" "}
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                  <strong>
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                    <A href="https://yihui.name/knitr/">Knitr</A>
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                  </strong>
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                  ,
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                  Supports{" "}
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                    <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/latex-features.html#forward-inverse-search">
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                      forward and inverse search
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                    </A>
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                  </strong>{" "}
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                  to help you navigating in your document,
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                  Captures and shows you{" "}
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                    where each <LaTeX /> or R error happened
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                  ,
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                  and you can use
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                  <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/time-travel.html">
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                    TimeTravel
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                  to go back in time to see your latest edits and{" "}
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                  <strong>easily recover from a recent mistake</strong>.
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              </ul>
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          </Info>
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          <Info
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            title="RMarkdown support"
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            icon="markdown"
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            image={rmdDemo}
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            anchor="a-rmarkdown"
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            alt="An Rmarkdown document with a plot"
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                You can edit{" "}
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                <A href="https://rmarkdown.rstudio.com/">RMarkdown files</A> in
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                CoCalc's code editor, as{" "}
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                <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/frame-editor.html#edit-rmd">
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                  explained here
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                .
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            <Paragraph>
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              The source file is processed according to the YAML-frontmatter
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              configuration and the view of the generated file is automatically
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              updated in an HTML or PDF panel.
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            <Paragraph>
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              <strong>Syntax highlighting</strong> for markdown and embedded
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              programming code—according to their language—makes it easy to
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              visually understand the source file.
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            <Paragraph>
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              <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/project-library.html">
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                CoCalc's library
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              </A>{" "}
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              features selected example files to get started quickly: e.g. HTML
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              reports, article templates and a beamer presentation.
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          </Info>
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          <Info
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            title="Code formatting"
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            icon="network-wired"
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            video={[
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              "features/cocalc-jupyter-r-format-cell.webm",
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              "features/cocalc-jupyter-r-format-cell.mp4",
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            anchor="a-codeformatting"
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            alt="Video showing formatting of R in a Jupyter notebook"
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            <Paragraph>
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              <strong>CoCalc is able to format your R code.</strong>
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              By simply clicking one button,{" "}
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                your R source code is formatted in a clean and consistent way
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              using the{" "}
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                formatR package
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              This reduces cognitive load reading source code, brings everyone
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              R code formatting works with{" "}
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              and{" "}
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                <A href="#a-jupyternotebook">Jupyter Notebooks</A> running an R
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                kernel
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          </Info>
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          <Info
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            title={"Command line support"}
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            icon="terminal"
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            anchor="a-commandline"
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            alt="Using R from a command line terminal"
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              All your existing R scripts run on the command line right in
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              CoCalc.{" "}
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              <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/terminal.html">Open a Terminal</A>{" "}
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              and you find yourself in a familiar Linux shell with a local
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              filesystem for your data files, access to{" "}
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              <A href="https://www.git-scm.com">Git</A> and{" "}
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              <strong>Feel at home and run your analysis as usual!</strong>
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              Terminals can be used <em>by multiple users at once</em>. This
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              means you can work with your collaborators in the same session at
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              the same time. Everyone sees the same output, and via{" "}
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              <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/chat.html">side chat</A> next to
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              the terminal, the whole team can coordinate.
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              Beyond that, you can simultaneously work with several terminal
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              sessions. This gives you the ability to run your code
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              concurrently.
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              For long-running programs, you can even close your browser and
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              check on the result later.
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            title="Chatrooms and side chat"
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              Collaboration is a first class citizen on CoCalc. A{" "}
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              <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/chat.html">side-by-side chat</A>{" "}
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              next to your R code, <LaTeX /> files and notebooks makes it easy
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              to discuss content with your colleagues or students. You can also
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              create dedicated chatrooms.
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              Avatars show who is currently working on a file.
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              Collaborators who are not online will be notified about new
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              <A href="https://doc.cocalc.com/chat.html">Chat</A> also supports
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            title="Managed R Environment"
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              CoCalc makes sure that the computational environment for R is
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              regularly updated and ready to work with. Our goal is enabling you
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              to get started with your analysis without any overhead.
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              Look at our <A href="/software/r">list of available packages</A>{" "}
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              in more detail. If something is missing, please tell us about it (
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              "features/cocalc-timetravel-r-jupyter-3x.webm",
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              "features/cocalc-timetravel-r-jupyter-3x.mp4",
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                  TimeTravel feature
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              documents in fine detail. You can go back and forth in time across
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              thousands of changes to recover your previous edits.
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              This allows you to easily recover any part of any version of your
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              You can visualize the entire process of creating a Jupyter
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              before the final solution.
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          <SignIn startup={component} />
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        </Layout.Content>
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        <Footer />
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  );
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}
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export async function getServerSideProps(context) {
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  return await withCustomize({ context });
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}
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