If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

Choosing between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio may depend as much on your work style as on the language support and features you need. Here’s how to decide.

Click on the I accept the agreement radio button and then hit Next. Then you will see a page that will ask and show the default path where Visual Studio Code will be installed. By default, it is ...