RTVS/README.md

# R Tools for Visual Studio

## This project is not actively supported.

R Tools is not available in VS 2019. Please see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/porting/port-migrate-upgrade-visual-studio-projects-2019?view=vs-2017.

_"R Tools for Visual Studio | R Tools for Visual Studio was removed from the Data Science Workload in Visual Studio 2019 Preview. You can continue using Visual Studio 2017 or alternatives like RStudio."_

There are also R extensions to [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) available at the [VS Code Marketplace](https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/vscode).

### Installation

Latests RTVS ships with Visual Studio 2017 as part of the Data Science workload.

### Documentation

The interim docs are available here:
* [RTVS Documentation](http://microsoft.github.io/RTVS-docs/)

### Bugs and feature requests

You can submit feedback via VS 2017 feedback tool.

### Roadmap

This project is not actively supported.

### Builds and pull requests

If you would like to build RTVS yourself, and maybe even make a pull request (highly appreciated!), please take
a look at the [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) first.

### Miscellaneous

If you use Python, also check out [Python Tools for Visual Studio](https://github.com/Microsoft/PTVS).

If you want to use RTVS with Azure Machine Learning (e.g. to read and write datasets), have a look at the
[AzureML R package](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/AzureML/index.html).

### Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the [Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/).
For more information see the [Code of Conduct FAQ](https://opensource.microsoft.com/codeofconduct/faq/) or contact
[opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additional questions or comments.