R Tools for Visual Studio

{{Short description|Plugin for Microsoft Visual Studio}}

{{Infobox software

| name = R Tools for Visual Studio (RTVS)

| caption =

| developer = Microsoft

| released = {{Start date and age|2016|03|05}}

| latest release version = 1.0 RC3

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2017|03|10}}{{cite web|url=https://microsoft.github.io/RTVS-docs |title=R Tools for Visual Studio documentation page |date=13 November 2017 |publisher=Microsoft}}

| programming language = C#, C++, R

| operating system = Microsoft Windows

| language = English

| genre = Integrated development environment

| license = Apache License 2.0

| website = {{URL|https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/features/rtvs/}}

| repo = {{URL|https://github.com/microsoft/rtvs}}

}}

R Tools for Visual Studio (RTVS) is a plug-in for the Microsoft Visual Studio integrated development environment (IDE), used to provide support for programming in the language R. It supports IntelliSense, debugging, plotting, remote execution, SQL integration, and more. It is distributed as free and open-source software under the Apache License 2.0, and is developed mainly by Microsoft.{{cite web |last1=Lam |first1=John |title=Introducing R Tools for Visual Studio |url=https://devblogs.microsoft.com/visualstudio/introducing-r-tools-for-visual-studio-3/ |website=Visual Studio Blog |date=22 March 2016}}

The first version released was 0.3 on March 5, 2016, and the current (version 1.0) was released in 2017.{{cite web |title=Working With R Programming Using Microsoft R Open And R Tools For Visual Studio |url=https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/working-with-r-programming-using-microsoft-r-open-and-r-tools-for-visual-studio/ |website=www.c-sharpcorner.com}} However, the project is described as "not actively supported" since February 2019.{{cite web |last1=Arkhipov |first1=Mikhail |title=Update README with the project status |url=https://github.com/microsoft/RTVS/commit/9906bac2912a38e59fa17cd7b73de57bfb191587 |website=GitHub.com |access-date=15 April 2021}}