External Computing

People who cannot access DataHub may still be able to do computing in other locations.

Personal Computer with Miniforge¶

Miniforge is a distribution of Anaconda that has easy access to a wide range of open source scientific computing software. Download and run the appropriate Miniforge3 installer from the link above.

Launch a terminal on your computer and install software.

# Install Jupyter with Python kernel
mamba install jupyterlab ipython

# Install R and its Jupyter kernel
mamba install r-essentials r-tidyverse r-irkernel

Launch Jupyter from a terminal:

jupyter lab

The following is a screenshot of Jupyter running the R kernel.

Binder¶

Binder enables users to launch Python and R notebooks in a free and open executable environment. Launch Jupyter R notebook or R Studio using the shared binder links.

RStudio Cloud and Desktop¶

You can purchases a hosted RStudio Cloud environment for your coursework. Students would need to create RStudio accounts. They would also need to upload and download assignments to/from their RStudio cloud accounts. The is also a free tier account.

If you don’t want to use RStudio Cloud, you can ask students to download and install RStudio Desktop onto their own device.

Google Colab¶

You can launch Python or R based notebook environments on Google Colab.