Resources for translating Python to JavaScript

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• lvanderlinden

  February 2021

  Hi Sanne,

  I'm not an expert in JS myself yet, but in general I think there's the following rule of thumb: interaction between the GUI (sketchpads etc.) and the java_inlinescript is only possible by storing and retrieving variables with the vars.object, as described here:

  • https://osdoc.cogsci.nl/3.3/manual/osweb/javascript/

  More advanced ways of communication between script and GUI, such as running items from the GUI via an java_inlinescript, or reading loop tables with datamatrix are not possible. Also, as you mentioned yourself, Python classes such as Canvas, Keyboard, Mouse, Sampler do not have a JS equivalent yet.

  Unfortunately, form items are also not supported by OSWeb yet. Instead, you will have to use sketchpad items combined with mouse_response or keyboard_response items to show questionnaires and collect responses. Perhaps this discussion can be of help:

  • https://forum.cogsci.nl/discussion/6755/templates-for-online-questionnaires#latest

  
  

  Randomization and reading in dataframes should be possible in JS, although I don't know how, from the top of my mind. I can look into this, if wanted.

  
  

  Good luck and let us know if you need more specific help!!

  
  

  Cheers,

  
  

  Lotje

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• lvanderlinden

  February 2021

  Hi @Sannee , me again. To shuffle/ randomize you could do something like described here:

  • https://forum.cogsci.nl/discussion/6854/help-with-converting-inline-python-to-java#latest

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• Sannee

  February 2021

  Hi Lotje,

  Thank you so much for your clear answer!

  Sadly enough most of my experiment is build on a form, so I think I'd either have to rebuild the entire experiment from the ground up then or find another way to distribute it. (although that is also on me, I should have checked before I started building)

  Is there any other way to let an OpenSesame experiment run remotely without others having to install OpenSesame themselves?

  Kind regards,

  Sanne
• eduard

  February 2021

  Hi Sanne,

  On windows systems, I used to simply download the zip file of Opensesame from github, extract it, and then started Opensesame by double clicking on the .exe file. Like that no installation was necessary (which was my way of bypassing not having adminstrator rights on our lab computers, while not messing up the entire system). However, last time I checked it was 3 years ago. No guarantee that it still would work like that. I also have no clue whether something comparable exists for Mac/Linux systems.

  If you have Windows, you can try yourself:

  1) Go to Github, pick a version, download the zip and extract

  2) Find the opensesame.exe file in the folder and execute it

  
  

  Hope this helps,

  Eduard

  
• Sannee

  February 2021

  Hi!

  Thanks for the suggestion! It works fine for some people I tested it with, but not for others sadly.

  It seems like, if there is already an older version of Python on the computer, OpenSesame will run with that version of Python and then crash because some functionalities aren't there yet.

  Kind regards,

  Sanne
• Sannee

  February 2021

  Hi!

  I had one more question about JavaScript and its functionalities. I've seen the survey templates that have been uploaded, but is there any way to create text boxes that people can fill in values in with a Javascript/Sketchpad combination?

  Kind regards,

  Sanne
• eduard

  February 2021

  Hi Sanne,

  Not sure whether this is what you mean, but there is a osweb version of the text input funcionality (users type in responses that are longer then a single character). See this discussion for example experiments:

  • https://forum.cogsci.nl/discussion/4737/text-input-form-for-use-with-jatos

  I think there are also other discussion around that deal with that issue. Perhaps you could browse a little if this link doesn't help you.

  Good luck,

  Eduard

  
• Sannee

  February 2021

  Hi Eduard,

  This does indeed seem to be exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you so much!

  Kind regards,

  Sanne