Best IDE / TextEditor for R [duplicate]

I've been using Eclipse/StatET. However, there's a new FLOSS IDE that was released today that looks interesting called RStudio. It even supports Sweave, so once it becomes more polished I may switch. User input seemed a little sluggish when I played with it earlier today however.

RStudio Screenshot

Update

They have been actively updating RStudio every month or two. It's been months since I encountered even a minor bug. And the features added are really useful--seamless package development and native Git support being the two that come to mind.


This is ultimately a very subjective question, and will depend on your OS, etc.

I prefer Eclipse (StatET) because I use it for all my development and it has many rich features (e.g. SVN integration, Sweave/Latex integration, project management). If you use Emacs, then ESS is great. This clearly depends on what you like.

I used Tinn-R before, but ultimately I prefer to have one IDE for everything, and Eclipse has a much wider general adoption.


I use Eclipse with the StatET plugin.

Pros:

  • Supports everything you'd expect (syntax highlighting, code folding, etc..) but also has s ome nice R interaction pieces.

  • You get all the bells and whistles of Eclipse. For example, we use SVN with our R code and the Subclipse plugin is awesome.

Cons:

  • Eclipse is a beast.