I would probably recommend using the existing EventLogging infrastructure for sending the data to our back end, assuming it won't explode under heavy load spikes... Which it might. :)
-- Brion On Jul 24, 2014 3:14 PM, "Gergo Tisza" <gti...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > frontend development is greatly hindered by not having logs of errors that > happen in production. If there is a mistake in a PHP file, it is usually > quickly caught after deployment when a large number of exceptions show up > in the error log. If the mistake is in a JS file, it can take a long time > until the error is reported and reproduced; especially so if it only > happens under exotic conditions. > > Many sites solve this issue by setting up an error handler in Javascript > which reports any errors that occurred to a logging server. I tried to make > a laundry list of things that need to be done or considered if we want to > set up such logging for Wikimedia sites and/or MediaWiki in general; I put > it up as a draft RfC at [1]. I would appreciate feedback on whether this is > plausible or worthwhile. > > [1] > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Server-side_Javascript_error_logging > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
