Building projects with Matlab

This section explains how to build Matlab programs using psychWithJava package. If you haven't yet installed Java, psychWithJava or haven't yet set up your system and configured your Matlab, you should first do so by following the instructions on Installation and Configuration page

Create a .m file

On any one of the three OSs, Linux, Mac OS X, or MS Windows, you can create and edit your Matlab file with Matlab's editor. Here, let's use the sample HelloPsychophysicist.m program. Save the HelloPsychophysicist.m file and the two auxilary image files psychophysik.png and fechner.png to your local disk.

Running Matlab programs using psychWithJava

Launch Matlab, navigate to the directory where you downloaded the files. Open the program in editor and inspect it. To open it in editor type

edit HelloPsychophysicist.m

and press enter. Can you see the import psychWithJava.*; line near the top? To execute the program type

HelloPsychophysicist

and press enter. If there were no errors you should now be running the sample program.