programming in R

I have a probably basic problem concerning the R language.
I will write some small R programs but don't really know how to start. Do I have
to create my files in some editor like emacs or can I write my code in the R
prompt? How to compile the code?

I haven't found any good manual parts about this subject.

regards
A.P
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