In this episode, Jon Galloway and Kevin Dente talk to Dave Weaver about Loggr, a complete logging, analytics and notification system that will easily bolt on to your application.
Dave runs Markkup, a consulting company and is building Loggr, SaaS application that provides real time logging and monitoring.He was one of the founders of Chili!Soft, which was an implementation of Classic ASP that ran on Linux, Solaris, IBM software, and Windows.Dave tells the story behind Chili!Soft, which is now Sun Java System Active Server Pages.Dave goes into the main features/benefits of Loggr.Jon asks about reports and queries provided by Loggr.Dave mentions there is an HTML5 version of the dashboard that works well on a tablet as well as an iPhone app. There is also an Android app in the works.Jon and Dave discuss the freemium model that Loggr employs.The guys move to talking about the stack that Loggr is developed on.It is built on ASP.NET MVC2.It uses Backbone.js for the client side JavaScript.MongoDB is used as the database.SignalR is used for the client-server communication to provide live user monitoring.Kevin asks about the decision to build a startup on the .NET platform.The guys touch on the VB.NET vs C# debate.Jon asks about the backup/redundancy story for MongoDB.Dave talks about the HTML5 client vs the native iOS app vs the Android app.Jon asks about the experience developing the iOS and Android apps.There are agents for .NET, Java, ColdFusion, PHP, Ruby, JavaScript.You can configure log4net to log to Loggr.Dave mentions Loggr uses Rapleaf to display demographics for a user, such as age and gender.Loggr also uses FullContact to display the social networks and avatars of a user.Jon asks Dave for advice for anyone interested in starting a similar venture.Jon asks about the Loggr road map.Jon asks about the business and marketing side of Loggr.Jon asks if any companies are leveraging the Loggr APIs to create other offerings.Jon asks if there is any demand for customers to host Loggr internally.Kevin asks if there have been any issues related to versions of the Loggr APIs.Kevin asks about downtime and SLAs.Jon asks about the process to get started with Loggr.Show links:
Loggr @loggrnetDave Weaver's blog @davidweaverMarkkupJoel on Software post about Chili!SoftSun Java System Active Server Pages (formerly Chili!Soft)Mission ResearchBlog post referencing Google AnalyticsIrony on CodePlexLoggr code on GithubBackbone.JSMongoDBOfficial MongoDB C# driverSignalRMonoTouchMono for AndroidNlog writes to Loggrlog4netRapleafFullContactEvernoteExceptioneerDownload / Listen:
Herding Code 130: Dave Weaver on Loggr - a realtime analytics service built with MVC MongoDB and SignalR
This week's show notes were typed up by @RossFuhrman - Thanks!!!
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