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Creating web applications for online psychological experiments: A hands-on technical guide including a template

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Abstract

The present tutorial provides a technical overview of how to create web applications for online psychological experiments from scratch via the HTML/CSS/JavaScript framework. This approach allows virtually unlimited flexibility in accomplishing anything in an online experiment that a regular computer (or smartphone, etc.) is capable of. Apart from offering a fast introduction for complete beginners, this tutorial may also serve as a helpful guideline for more experienced programmers and researchers. Connected to the tutorial, a specific implementation is also given via the free and open-source template project at https://github.com/gasparl/expapp , intended to be improved by the community to always follow the latest technological advancements and general good practices.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3195-3206
Number of pages12
JournalBehavior research methods
Volume56
Early online date5 Dec 2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2024

Keywords

  • JavaScript
  • Online experiment
  • Research method
  • Web application
  • Guide

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