Build a Website with R, blogdown, Hugo, and netlify.com
Jun 8, 2018 00:00 · 227 words · 2 minute read
One of the coolest things I have learned in R recently is creating a website with blogdown package. The blogdown websites are created and maintained from within R mostly, which is the best part about it if you are a R user. There are many sources that provide details and reasons for using blogdown, so I will not dwell on that. Instead, I am going to provide a brief and to-the-point tutorial on how to start your website with R and blogdown.
1. Create a repository on github
Check my earlier blog on basics of github. If you do not have a github account, visit github.com and create an account (it is free!). Once you have an account, create a repository and call it myblog. Creating the repository, also known as repo, copy that repository’s url. The url should look like this: https://github.com/YOUR-USERNAME/YOUR-REPOSITORY.git
2. Clone git repository
The github repository link is used to clone that repo on a directory in your computer. Cloning a repo essentially means copying repo in the local computer. To clone the github repo, you have t use Terminal if you are on a Mac and Command Prompt if you are on windows, and install git if you are on windows. There are other applications, but Mac’s Terminal and windows’ Command Prompt are default and does not require downloading.
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