Getting Started with Positron Pro

Posit Workbench supports launching Positron Pro sessions from the Posit Workbench home page.

A next-generation data science IDE built by Posit PBC
An extensible, polyglot tool for writing code and exploring data
A familiar environment for reproducible authoring and publishing
Highly customizable due to the extent of changeable settings and has a rich ecosystem of extensions that can extend Positron Pro’s functionality.

For complete details on using the Positron IDE, use the Positron - Get Started documentation.

Start a Positron Pro session

To start a new session:

From the Posit Workbench home page, click + New Session.
Select Positron Pro.
- If resource limits are configured, select at least 2.5 GB of memory. See Allocate sufficient memory for your Positron Pro session for more information.
Click Launch.

Once the session is ready, Posit Workbench automatically opens the Positron Pro session in your current browser window.

Note

If you do not see Positron Pro as a New Session option, then please reach out to your Workbench system administrator.

Before you continue, we urge you to review the Other Resources for Positron Pro sessions page for tips on how to use Positron.