If you’re an R programmer hoping to try GitHub Copilot, you’ll need to use Microsoft’s Visual Studio Code. Here’s how to set up and use VS Code for R.

sudo systemctl enable code-server At this point, code-server will always be running, even if the system reboots. And that’s how you can serve up an instance of Visual Studio Code over your network.

Able to run on Windows, Linux, or Mac, exceedingly extensible, with excellent support for remote development, Visual Studio Code fills many of the gaps in Microsoft’s developer story.

If you want to setup and use Deepseek-R1 in Visual Studio Code, follow the steps mentioned in this tutorial.