00 - Welcome and Introduction

Slides

Set Up Instructions

To follow along with the workshop exercises, you’ll need Quarto version 1.8+ and access to a code editor that supports R.

While Quarto itself doesn’t require a programming language, the exercises will include code chunks in R. If you don’t already have R set up locally, I recommend using Posit Cloud. I will delete the Posit Cloud project in a few days, so please make a copy of your materials if you would like to keep them.

Recommended Setup Options

Option 1: Posit Cloud (RStudio in the cloud)

Create a free account at https://posit.cloud
Open the Posit Cloud project link: https://posit.cloud/content/11332810
To save a copy of the project to your workspace, click “Save a permanent copy”

Option 2: Local Installation

Choose one editor and follow the steps:

Download and install Positron: https://positron.posit.co/download.html
Quarto comes pre-installed

Download and install RStudio: https://posit.co/downloads/
- Make sure RStudio is version 2022.07+
Quarto comes pre-installed

Access the Workshop Materials

Clone the repository with Git:

git clone https://github.com/ivelasq/rpharma2025-quarto-exercises.git

Go to the GitHub repo: https://github.com/ivelasq/rpharma2025-quarto-exercises
Click the green “Code” button → “Download ZIP”
Unzip the folder and open it in your chosen editor

Install the Necessary Packages

Run the below:

install.packages("pak")
pak::pak(c("tidyverse", "here", "janitor", "knitr", "rmarkdown", "scales", "gt", "RCurl", "rsconnect"))

Exercise 1

Open the 01-exercise.qmd file.
Preview/render the document.
- Posit Cloud: You may be asked to allow pop-ups.
Edit the title and preview/render again.

More Information

Why is it called Quarto?

According to the website, the developers wanted to use a name that had meaning in the history of publishing and ultimately landed on Quarto. A quarto is an 8-page double-sided booklet, made by folding a single sheet of paper into four sections.

Quarto is the format of a book or pamphlet produced from full sheets printed with eight pages of text, four to a side, then folded twice to produce four leaves.

— Wikipedia