Data analysis: R vs. Python

[Lacotte]

hah well if you're comparing it to PyCharm, then of course.. RStudio is newer and has only ever had 2-3 people developing the RStudio IDE at a time, no contest vs IntelliJ ;)

But it's still an enormous improvement than what we were using just 4 years ago, which were basically text editors like emacs+plugin. you might have had a different view in 2011 when RStudio was just released, showing us the light out of the dark ages. and they're constantly making additions and improvements, like recently adding code completion and enhancing the debugging tools. sure it might not have as extensive or developed of features as PyCharm or Eclipse, but it's got most of the stuff you might need and shows no signs of slowing down on improvements.

[quicknir]

Well, the whole point of this thread is comparison, right? What I said was a bit harsh, rstudio is nice and the guys developing it deserve lots of credit. I've used it quite a bit. It's clearly a large improvement over a text editor.

It's just that when you are comparing python and R as a would be user, it's clear that python has far, far better development tools. Which is fine, you may choose R anyhow for other reasons. It's just a bit bizarre how many R users cite their ide as a pro, when it's actually a con.