Chapter 8: Web Analytics and Performance Monitoring
In this chapter, we will investigate ways in which we can monitor the behavior of our application and the users who visit it. We will learn how page analytics can be a valuable tool in helping create better user experiences. We will learn how to use two different tools to gather these page insights, depending on what we require. We will learn what is required of us legally when using these tools. We will also implement plugins that allow us to debug errors that our users encounter when using our site.
By the end of this chapter, you should feel confident that you can gather different types of analytics and use them to inform yourself (or the site owner) about how code changes have affected the user experience.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Introducing website analytics
- Implementing page analytics
- Monitoring the performance of your site
