Binder (optional)

Note

This chapter is not taught in the course anymore, but is kept here for the ones interested in it.

Video

Exercise (optional)

For R

  • Generate a file called runtime.txt, either in the root of your project, or in a (hidden) folder called .binder/.

  • Write in the file: r-4.3-2024-01-10 – or specify an older R version with r-3.6-2020-10-02.

  • Write a file called install.R, in .binder/ or in root, and use it to write install code for your packages, e.g.:

    install.packages("ggplot2")
install.packages("dplyr")

  • Binderise your project by following the instructions via mybinder.org

For Python

Binder is mostly used for Jupyter notebooks. automatically loads Python 3.7. Using a different python version.

  • Add dependencies to your binder in the requirements.txt file like this:

    numpy==1.25.0
pandas==1.3.0

  • Binderise your project by following the instructions via mybinder.org