If you’re a happy RStudio user like me, you may never have felt the urge to try another editor for R (or even Python). But if you want the best experience when using GitHub Copilot generative AI, especially Copilot Chat, it’s worth giving Visual Studio Code a try to compare. While Copilot is available in the RStudio IDE and you can ask questions of it by prefixing your queries with # q, I find the new Copilot Chat interface in VS Code is more helpful. Copilot Chat came out of beta at the end of December 2023.
