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

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.

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The present tutorial provides a technical overview of creating web applications for online psychological experiments using the HTML/CSS/JavaScript framework from scratch. It is suitable for beginners and can also serve as a helpful guideline for experienced programmers and researchers. The tutorial is connected to a specific implementation provided through a free and open-source template project to encourage community collaboration and keep up with the latest technological advancements and best practices.