JetBrains R Data

JetBrains provides robust R language support via a plugin for their IntelliJ Platform (like IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate or PyCharm Professional), rather than a dedicated standalone IDE. While RStudio is built specifically for R from the ground up, JetBrains offers an alternative for developers already working within their ecosystem. It provides deep code intelligence but is heavily favored by software engineers rather than pure data scientists.

Yes, if you are running the R plugin inside PyCharm Professional, you get the ultimate dual-language data science environment. You can seamlessly share data frames between R and Python scripts within the same project workspace. This is highly advantageous for researchers who need to leverage both Python's machine learning libraries and R's statistical packages.

The JetBrains R plugin provides basic syntax highlighting and run configurations for Shiny web applications. However, it does not have the dedicated visual Shiny preview tools that you get in RStudio. You will typically run the Shiny app in the console, and it will launch the interactive web UI in your local browser just like a standard deployment.

To get JetBrains R support, you must open IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, navigate to Settings > Plugins, and search for the official "R Language for IntelliJ" plugin. Once installed and restarted, you will need to point the IDE to your local R installation directory. After that, you can create new `.R` files and the IDE will index your packages for autocomplete.