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IO Insights engine.io and socket.io analytics

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About

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Guillermo Rauch

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@rauchg

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devthought.com

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learnboost.com

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require(‘engine.io’)

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var engine = require(‘engine.io’)(server); engine.on(‘connection’, function(socket){ socket.write(‘hello’); socket.on(‘data’, function(){}); });

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require(‘socket.io’)

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var io = require(‘socket.io’)(server); io.on(‘connection’, function(socket){ socket.emit(‘my’, { event: ‘data’ }); socket.on(‘random’, function(){}); }); io.of(‘/namespace’).on();

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Data packets and events are the new currency

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But all the tooling is oriented around REST

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Server insight

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1st strategy

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Built-in instrumentation

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require(‘debug’)(‘wat’)

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2nd strategy

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Meta events

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socket.on(‘packet’, function(){}); socket.on(‘packetCreate’, function(){});

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3rd strategy

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Visualization!

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require(‘engine.io-monitor’);

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Captures and displays engine.io traffic

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Like redis MONITOR

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Realtime insight into transport usage

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12% 13% 34% 41% polling-xhr polling-jsonp websocket flashsocket

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Realtime insight into browser / device usage

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Realtime insight into latency

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Client insight

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1st strategy

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localStorage.debug

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Looks awful

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2nd strategy

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Chrome extension

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How?

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What’s next?

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More visualizations

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Protocol analysis eg: display socket.io events differently

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Custom protocols

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Analyze and document performance implications

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Thanks!