Learn how to use different tools to build a personal website using R.

Become an R Developer

This module will introduce us to various freely available tools, including GitHub, Hugo, Netlify, and Google Analytics. We’ll learn to use R to create a comprehensive website utilizing these tools. We’ll also learn to modify a theme and personalize it according to our needs. By the end of this module, we’ll be able to build a personal website, blog, or portfolio using R.

Launching a Personal Website Using R

We assume that you already have a GitHub account. If not, you can go to [GitHub.com](https://github.com/) and click "Sign up for GitHub".

## Set up the GitHub repository

Since we've seen how our website looks, we can now follow the steps below to create a remote GitHub repository for our website, configure a local Git repository, and push our website files from the platform to the remote repository.


1. To create a remote GitHub repository we can sign in to GitHub and click "New" in the Repositories section. We can configure the repository accordingly and then click "Create repository."

   > **Note:** We need to create a *public* repository so that it can be authenticated with Netlify later.



We assume that you already have a GitHub account. If not, you can go to [GitHub.com](https://github.com/) and click "Sign up for GitHub".

# Set up the GitHub repository

Since we've seen how our website looks, we can now follow the steps below to create a remote GitHub repository for our website, configure a local Git repository, and push our website files from the platform to the remote repository.


1. To create a remote GitHub repository we can sign in to GitHub and click "New" in the Repositories section. We can configure the repository accordingly and then click "Create repository."

   > **Note:** We need to create a *public* repository so that it can be authenticated with Netlify later.



Let's learn how to push our website to a GitHub repository and make updates.

Getting Started

Creating and Deploying the Website

Personalizing the Website

Wrapping Up

Appendix

Conclusion

Push the Website to GitHub

Set up the GitHub repository