FasteR
Dev tools
r ide
SHOW HN2015
122points
66comments
#193of 2,565 in 2015
Top 8%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
RoastedHalf or more of the comments are critical
7 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 15 critical, out of 26 comments about the project. Thread score -0.21.
Docs: 1 for, 7 againstIdea: 2 for, 5 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Excel integration is useful
From 2 comments
I love, love, love the excel integration. Fantastic. I urge you to make a Chocolatey package to make updating easy. There's also a lot of low-hanging fruit in terms of usability.…
bobcostas55 on HNInteresting indeed! especially the Excel part!
sean_the_geek on HN
Free non-commercial use
From 1 comment
Thank you for making it free for non-commercial use! This is very useful.
blawa on HN
Objections
Windows only and requires .NET
From 2 comments
Windows only ? Meh. And integrating with Excel is completely useless (and meaningless, since you don't need to use a spreadsheet representation to work with data when you think…
ekianjo on HNYou mention "For using FasteR you need fit only several conditions", while it's only Windows and .Net. "Several" makes it sounds like a difficult installation and may prohibit…
smartera on HN
Excel integration is not useful for R work
From 2 comments
Windows only ? Meh. And integrating with Excel is completely useless (and meaningless, since you don't need to use a spreadsheet representation to work with data when you think…
ekianjo on HN> A major use-case for Excel integration is in finance, where a vast number of analysts - not newbies in any meaningful sense - work in Excel. R and Excel integration already…
Mikeb85 on HN
Typos on the website
From 3 comments
Typos on page: univerties FasteR - desctop application This tools hepls or as [an] application
melling on HNThere are several other typos which, whilst trivial, are quite jarring: http://fasterstat.com/Product produsing -> producing poverfull -> powerful http://fasterstat.com/ anoher…
jamessb on HNYou really can't be bothered to at least `aspell` your website?
nickysielicki on HN
Competes with mature free RStudio
From 2 comments
What happens when you just download FasteR? Does it work for a limited period and then stop working, will it ask me for a license each time I start it? Also, why would I pay €399…
vkr on HNIt's hard to compete with RStudio for best IDE for R. I stick with vim-R-plugin for most stuff but RStudio is so helpful for making presentations. But competition is good. Excel…
gerty on HN
Requests
Linux and OS X support
From 2 comments
I was also looking for an OS X / Linux version. The website doesn't mention being Windows only, will other operating systems be supported in the future?
vkr on HNIs the FasteR IDE or any other equivalent command line utility available for Linux distributions ?
sunilkumarc on HN
Open source release
From 1 comment
Are there any ideas on making it opensource ?
sunilkumarc on HN
Chocolatey package
From 1 comment
I love, love, love the excel integration. Fantastic. I urge you to make a Chocolatey package to make updating easy. There's also a lot of low-hanging fruit in terms of usability.…
bobcostas55 on HN
Questions
How licensing works in the trial
From 1 comment
What happens when you just download FasteR? Does it work for a limited period and then stop working, will it ask me for a license each time I start it? Also, why would I pay €399…
vkr on HN
Whether it runs on Linux
From 1 comment
Is the FasteR IDE or any other equivalent command line utility available for Linux distributions ?
sunilkumarc on HN
Alternatives named
RStudio
From 2 comments
It's hard to compete with RStudio for best IDE for R. I stick with vim-R-plugin for most stuff but RStudio is so helpful for making presentations. But competition is good. Excel…
gerty on HNWhat happens when you just download FasteR? Does it work for a limited period and then stop working, will it ask me for a license each time I start it? Also, why would I pay €399…
vkr on HN
R Commander
From 1 comment
Making R available from Excel seems a good idea to ease the transition for newbies (like R commander) but what advantages does the standalone IDE have over RStudio or the default…
jebus989 on HN
Gnumeric R plugin
From 1 comment
This has been done before. An R Gnumeric plugin is a thing, and there's been Excel plugins before as well. I personally use R Studio and see no reason why I'd prefer a…
Mikeb85 on HN