Package development

Package development is supported by vscode-R, R language server, and R debugger.

Commands

vscode-R mainly provides the mostly used package development commands:

Title	Command	R code
Build package	r.build	devtools::build()
Test package	r.test	devtools::test()
Check package	r.check	devtools::check()
Install package	r.install	devtools::install()
Document	r.document	devtools::document()
Load all	r.loadAll	devtools::load_all()

Keyboard shortcuts could be bound to these commands. See Creating keybindings for R commands.

Development

The R language server loads all R documents in ./R if it detects a NAMESPACE file in the workspace root folder, which indicates that the workspace contains an R package. Therefore, all these R files are considered in the same workspace, sharing completions, definitions, references, and other workspace-level language features.

Debugging

The R debugger supports debugging the package code in the current workspace. See Debugging R packages for more details.