This is LOGOR - two things
Logor is a log sink to catch all your debug messages from both server side and client side - all in one place. Now with socket.io. AND more importantly:
LOGOR is a watchdog timer - it will bark when your app is stuck.
I made it for a project with many loose ends - several components working together and I had to monitor them all and make sure they are all operational.
Like this:
why the hell would you want LOGOR
- When you want to see what the console is saying without going to the server.
- When your app is dead and unresponsive you will get an annoying sound and you'll know it's time to fix it or restart it (when forever fails or sth)
- When you want to see when your app get's hit - I made those faux blinken-lights just for you. Watching them blink makes me feel good.
- Better reasons yet to be found
How on earth would I set it up
I hope this clears a little bit the mumble I wrote before:
var L = require ('./logor.js'); // in each component you want to monitor
OR
<script src="logorBrowser.js"></script>
then (same for client and server side):
// make introduction - it will name the component
L.ping('your-service-name', timeout_in_ms); // must be valid (but made up) html id
L.log('this is logor');
L.info('logor informs');
L.error('logor unhapy!');
// ... in another component:
// make introduction - it will name the component
L.ping('another service', 15*60e3); // make that annoying sound after 15 minutes of inactivity
L.log('this is logor');
Now you need to run L.ping every significant, yet frequent operation (say - user logging in, or user inviting a friend. OR BETTER: user fulfilling the order.
Then - if there is no activity (say, your app hanged itself or the exceptions blew off) - you'll get a sound notification. Plus, you could still see what happened in your app (the logs are there for review).
All this made possible by the goodness of socket.io and a bit of jabashcript code.