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Welcome to the Getting Started guide for RoundtableJS. This guide covers development and the basics, but for more advanced features, be sure to explore the rest of our documentation.
If you have any questions, join and ask our community.

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Installation

Use npm to install RoundtableJS 
npm install roundtable-js

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Basic Usage

First, import the necessary modules: 
import Survey from 'roundtable-js/core/survey.js';
import SingleSelect from 'roundtable-js/question_types/singleSelect.js';
Create a simple survey by first defining the questions and then the logic. 
// Define an asynchronous function to run the survey
async function runSurvey() {

    // Create a new Survey instance with a specific participant ID
    const survey = new Survey({ participantId: 'participant_123' });

    // Define the first question as a single-select question with two options
    const question1 = new SingleSelect({
        id: 'question1',
        text: 'A question',
        options: ['Option 1', 'Option 2'],
    });

    // Define the second question as a single-select question with two options
    const question2 = new SingleSelect({
        id: 'question2',
        text: 'A second question',
        options: ['Option 1', 'Option 2'],
    });
    
    // Show the first page with the first question and wait for it to be answered
    await survey.showPage({ id: 'page1', elements: [question1] });
    
    // This code runs only after the first page is completed
    console.log('Page 1 completed');
    
    // Show the next page with the second question and wait for it to be answered
    await survey.showPage({ id: 'page2', elements: [question2] });
    
    // Finish the survey once all pages are completed
    survey.finishSurvey();
}

// Start the survey by calling the runSurvey function
runSurvey();
Roundtable leverages JavaScript’s await/async functionality for timeline management. For a deeper understanding why we did this, read our Logic page.

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Deployment

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>RoundtableJS Survey</title>
</head>
<body>
    <div id="survey-container"></div>
    <script type="module" src="your-survey-script.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Set up your HTML and deploy on a local server, e.g. python3 -m http.server 8080.
Congratulations on setting up your first survey in RoundtableJS. You have mastered the basics. The rest of this documentation is dedicated to exploring more advanced features.