Setting up StatET & Eclipse in Windows

A view of the StatET plugin in the Juno Eclipse. The environment is perfect for developing R packages and creating more complex functions.

I wanted to write about creating R-packages in Windows but after trying to get StatET to work seamlessly in Windows I decided that maybe I should start with the very basics. I found Longhow Lam’s excellent PDF about StatET in a Windows environment to be very helpful.

My basic setup:
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
R: 2.15.1 64-bit
Eclipse: Juno (3.8) 64-bit – Eclipse 4.2.0
StatET: 3.1 Continue reading