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<p>R Tools for Visual Studio, the open-source extenstion to Visual Studio that provides an IDE for the R language, has been <a target="_blank" href="https://microsoft.github.io/RTVS-docs/new_for_03.html">upgraded to include several new features</a>. </p>
<p>The latest update, RTVS 0.3, now includes:</p>
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<li>An R package manager, allowing you to review, install, and uninstall packages using a convenient user interface.</li>
<li>The Variable Explorer now allows you to open data-frames for viewing in an Excel workbook.</li>
<li>New toolbar buttons to run selected code, source the current script, import data from a URL or file, and start/stop a Shiny app.</li>
<li>New shortcut keys to open various IDE windows.</li>
<li>The R script editor now provides pop-up Intellisense help for functions defined in the same file.</li>
<li>You can now jump to the definition of a function defined in the same file by pressing F12, or &quot;peek&quot; at its definition without moving by pressing ALT-F12.</li>
<li>Auto-formatting function calls now better align multi-line parameter sequences.</li>
<li>You can insert an <a target="_blank" href="http://roxygen.org/">Roxygen</a> documentation block by typing ### at the start of a line.</li>
<li>You can now type &quot;= TAB&quot; to insert the assignment operator <code>&lt;-</code> or &quot;> TAB&quot; to insert the pipe operator <code>%>%</code>.</li>
<li>You can also create user-defined &quot;<a target="_blank" href="https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms165394.aspx">Code Snippets</a>&quot; to insert code of your choice. These can be handy to remember common idioms, or the parameters to user-defined functions.</li>
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<p><img alt="" src="https://microsoft.github.io/RTVS-docs/media/code_snippet_expansion.gif"></p>
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<li> When debugging, you can now inspect R objects by clicking on their tooltip in the script:</li>
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<p><img alt="" src="https://microsoft.github.io/RTVS-docs/media/debugger_tooltips.gif"></p>
<p>To download the updated RTVS 0.3, visit the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/features/rtvs-vs.aspx">R Tools for Visual Studio page</a> and click &quot;Download R Tools for VS&quot;. (If you're new to RTVS, you'll also need to install the free Visual Studio Community and R or Microsoft R Open.) For more information on the new feature follow the link below or check out the <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/microsoft/RTVS">RTVS Github repository</a>.</p>
<p>RTVS: <a target="_blank" href="https://microsoft.github.io/RTVS-docs/new_for_03.html">What’s new in R Tools for Visual Studio 0.3 (May, 2016 release)</a> </p>
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