18 Next Steps

So now you’ve got a handle on R Markdown, what are some of the other things to think about learning? Here are some of my recommendations.

18.1 Learn how to use Git and GitHub

Git is a version control system. Not sure what a version control system is? No worries, let me explain. If you’ve ever named a document something like:

Final
Final 2
Really final

Relevant PhD comics link

Or even if you have something like:

• 2018-10-10-document.Rmd
• 2018-10-11-document.Rmd

These are ways of managing which version you have.