# Logging events app?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-events-app/188027>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [May 4, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-events-app/188027 "2010-05-04T13:03:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 1:03pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-events-app/188027/1 "2010-05-04T13:03:19Z")

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is there a webapp out there that allows the developer to log events  
(user emails joe, user logs out at xyz) that you can then turn into a  
report?

seems pretty simple, wonder if someone’s done it already?

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**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-events-app/188027/2 "2010-05-04T16:28:49Z")

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John G. wrote:

> is there a webapp out there that allows the developer to log events  
> (user emails joe, user logs out at xyz) that you can then turn into a  
> report?
> 
> seems pretty simple, wonder if someone’s done it already?

to elaborate, there are many ways i figure you could do it google  
analytics etc, but wanted a more elaborate way to do it.

figure creating a sinatra webservice will probably solve the problem as  
no actual pages will be hit

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**Author:** ![softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@softf5ajivanet](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/softf5ajivanet)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2010, 10:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/logging-events-app/188027/3 "2010-05-04T22:00:40Z")

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John G. wrote:

> John G. wrote:
> 
> > is there a webapp out there that allows the developer to log events  
> > (user emails joe, user logs out at xyz) that you can then turn into a  
> > report?
> > 
> > seems pretty simple, wonder if someone’s done it already?
> 
> to elaborate, there are many ways i figure you could do it google  
> analytics etc, but wanted a more elaborate way to do it.
> 
> figure creating a sinatra webservice will probably solve the problem as  
> no actual pages will be hit

Hi John,

You can try [KissMetrics.com](http://KissMetrics.com), although I think they’re still in private  
beta. I think Scout also may help ([www.scoutapp.com](http://www.scoutapp.com)). There’s also Rails  
addons, like Vanity ([http://vanity.labnotes.org/](http://vanity.labnotes.org/)).

I’m really not sure if any of these are exactly what you’re looking for,  
as I haven’t actually used any of them myself yet.

I’m guessing that you may also want to do some split testing. In that  
case, you may also want to check out [www.abtests.com](http://www.abtests.com), which lists test  
results from other sites/people. This may help you learn a few good  
things to implement on your site without necessarily having to do the  
A/B tests yourself (although you probably still should test anyway).

Mike