Ah, R Markdown. I love teaching R Markdown. But this was not a love at first sight story. When I first started teaching with R at Oregon Health & Science University many moons ago, my students used R Markdown for their homework assignments and in-class labs. This is a great way to start for beginners, to be honest- just use it! I found that most people are not very disoriented by a file that mixes text and code; a concern I had at first and one that …