Top IDE index

Here is a ranking of IDE. They also provide a ranking for programming language.

How to develop good R packages (for open science)

Very helpful post here.

Top programming languages that will be most popular in 2017

R is doing well.

R is now the #12 most popular programming language

According to the most recent TIOBE index, R is the #12 most popular programming language.

Will it Python?

Will It Python provides Python translation of the R code used in Machine Learning for Hackers.

Not So Swift

A reaction to Apple's new programming language.

Architect

Architect is another development environment for R.

Wiki for R programming

Very useful wiki. I look forward to reading the final book as well.

12 programming languages for the future

I have never heard some of them before.

Scythe library

After 5 years, the Scythe library has a new version out.

Java vs. COBOL and R vs. SAS

Here is an interesting comparison.

R is becoming increasingly popular

According to this, R is the 19th most popular language in the first month of 2012!

Cool Blog

A cool blog on math, programming, etc.

Why don't we hire .NET programmers

Good article, well said!

Game of life

Implemented in various languages, including R.

Here is a Python version.

Another one.

The new StatET looks promising

StatET plugin for Eclipse just reached its 2.0 release, which is a big jump from the previous one. The new version seems to have quite a few new features that worth being considered seriously.

I like Emace+ESS, Rstudio, and Eclipse+StatET. Choice is a good thing!

Good R technical resources

Can be found here.

Installing the Scythe library

I manged to installed the Scythe statistical library on my Mint system. The authors commented out the line "#include " in the "matrix.h" file, which causes trouble during compiling, but that was easy to fix: just remove the comment mark. 


This article is very good in helping people to get started with the library. 

COMPUTING FOR NUMERICAL METHODS USING VISUAL C++

An interesting Wiley book. The source code for console applications can compile using g++ with very minor modifications.

R for programmer

This is a useful document.