They don’t have the time or inclination to become good programmers. So, GUI users prefer using a GUI to perform their analyses. I do not include any assistance for programming in this definition.
GUI = Graphical User Interface using menus and dialog boxes to avoid having to type programming code. Reviewing R GUIs keeps me quite busy, so I don’t have time also to review all the IDEs, though my favorite is RStudio. There are various definitions of user interface types, so here’s how I’ll be using the following terms. There is no perfect user interface for everyone each GUI for R has features that appeal to different people. I have joined the BlueSky development team and have written the BlueSky User Guide (online here), but I hope to be objective in these reviews. Additionally, these reviews include a cursory description of each GUI’s programming support.
#DESIGNBOX SOFTWARE REVIEWS SERIES#
This post is one of a series of reviews aiming to help non-programmers choose the Graphical User Interface (GUI) that is best for them. A commercial version is also available, which includes technical support, and a version for Windows Terminal Servers such as Remote Desktop or Citrix. While originally available only on Windows, the Mac version is now in beta test. Muenchen, updated IntroductionīlueSky Statistics’ desktop version is a free and open-source graphical user interface for the R software that focuses on beginners looking to point-and-click their way through analyses.
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