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analytics - build your own or off-the-shelf?
- comatose_kid 20y agoDoes it make sense to go with something like google analytics, or is it a better idea to write your own code for the purposes of gathering and analyzing stats for your web app? If it makes sense to go with an off-the-shelf package, which one is the best (and why?)
- danielha 20y agoMint (http://www.haveamint.com) is a great application with an exceptional interface. If you can design your own system that serves your needs better, then that's even better.
- phil 20y agoThe nice thing about google analytics is you can have it set up and working in 5 minutes. The nice thing about mint, or rolling your own, is that you can get all of the metrics you want - googalytics isn't really extensible. One thing is, neither googalytics nor mint (I think? don't use it) can report on xhr requests, since they run script onload. Anybody out there have a tool they like for doing that? Like a favorite log analyzer?
- staunch 20y agoI think it's a no-brainer to add Google Analytics to any site. I also have my own set of little analytics instrumentation for monitoring extremely specific behavior in real-time.