alfred3 2.0.0

A library for rapid development of dynamic and interactive online experiments in the social sciences.

Welcome to alfred3

Alfred3 is a package for Python 3 offering experimenters in the social sciences a fast and easy way to create truly dynamic computer experiments for a wide range of applications.

Installation

If you have Python 3.7 or newer installed, just install alfred3 via pip

$ pip3 install alfred3

A "Hello, world" experiment

Creating a hello-world experiment is as easy as writing this script.py file. You can even do it in a simple text editor. Note that the file must be named script.py

import alfred3 as al
exp = al.Experiment()
exp += al.Page("Hello, world!", name="hello_world") 

To run the script, open a terminal and change the working directory to your experiment directory:

$ cd path/to/experiment

Next, simply execute the following command in the terminal::

$ alfred3 run

If you have Google Chrome installed on your machine, a browser window with the experiment opens automatically. Otherwise, open any webbrowser and visit http://127.0.0.1:5000/start to start the experiment.

Of course, this "Hello, world" experiment does not contain much content: Only a single page with a heading. To learn how to add content to an experiment, visit our tutorials: (to be filled)

Citation

If you are publishing research conducted using alfred3, the following citation is required:

Treffenstaedt, C., Wiemann, P. & Brachem, J. (2021). Alfred3 - A library for rapid experiment development (Version x.x.x). Göttingen, Germany: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1437219

If you want to use alfred3 and need more information, don't hesitate to contact us via [e-mail].

alfred3 Mailing List

If you want to stay up to date with current developments, you can join our mailing list. We use this list to announce new releases and spread important information concerning the use of Alfred. You can expect to receive at most one mail per month.