Real-World Free-Operant (V2.0) App Configuration

Notes:

This web page was designed to enable researchers interested in using the Real-World Free-Operant app to easily edit the main setup file (named settings.js).

About the app:

• The app was first published by Gera et al. See the preprint.
• The application is designed as a Progressive Web Application (PWA), which means it functions similarly to a regular app. However, it offers the benefits of bypassing the app stores and provides the convenience of easily creating and installing multiple instances .
• See a demo of the app.
• The app can be downloaded from here. Download the RWFO_app_V2 folder from the repository. The file formed here was designed to be integrated with a new version (V2.0) we created. This version is enriched with more functionalities to potentially accommodate a large variety of potential research questions.

About creating the settings.js file:

• The parameters below are pre-set to match the parameters used in the original study.
• You can set them as you see fit.
• Once you finish, click on the "Create the settings.js file" button below and replace the existing settings.js (in the app main folder).
• See notes regarding each parameter.
• Note that some parameters are contingent on others (this will be clearly indicated). You can ignore parameter values that other parameters make them unused.
• Important: while we created this page to accommodate the tuning of many parameters, more parameters can be edited manually in the settings.js file (it is structured like a json file).
• We strongly encourage researchers to run some tests after setting the parameter file (this is a new version and we couldn't exhaustively test all the variable/parameter combinations).
• If you have any questions, interested in other functionalities or wish to collaborate, please contact us.

Using more than one instance of the app (multiple contexts):

• It is possible to use more than one instance of the app, to include for example different stimuli/contexts with different conditions.
• To set it up, for each desired instance of the app:
• Download the app again.
• Generate a settings.js file with the desired parameters.
• Make sure you choose a different app name in the "App/context name" below.
• Replace the icon images (in the icons folder) and the background.jpg image (in the images folder) of your choice to form a new appearance (context) for the app.
• We recommend providing each participant with links that are mapped to the same participant ID for every instance of the app.