1.1 Installation

1. You will need to install:

   • R
     • Help for Windows from Roger Peng: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LII6of-5Odw
     • Help for a Mac from Roger Peng: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xokJUwn0mis
     • General advice from Jenny Bryan: http://stat545.com/block000_r-rstudio-install.html
   • RStudio Desktop
     • Help for any platform: https://www.datacamp.com/courses/working-with-the-rstudio-ide-part-1

2. If you are on a Mac, you should also install:

   • Xcode
   • Homebrew
     • Helpful advice for how to install Xcode, Homebrew, Git, RVM, Ruby & Rails on Mac OS X

3. Finally, please follow these instructions for installing blogdown:

   • https://bookdown.org/yihui/blogdown/installation.html

1.2 Other things you might need

• A GitHub account
• A digital photo of yourself to upload to your site

1.3 Additional resources

If you have time before the workshop, you should try to skim these resources:

• blogdown: Creating Websites with R Markdown by Yihui Xie, Amber Thomas, and Alison Presmanes Hill
• Up and running with blogdown by Alison Presmanes Hill
• Making a Website Using blogdown, Hugo, and GitHub pages by Amber Thomas
• rbind support