Evolution of Front-End Observability

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The chapter explores the evolution of front-end observability from basic real user monitoring to complex modern web applications interacting with distributed systems. It emphasizes the importance of tools adapting to meet changing developer requirements, focusing on real-time updates, detailed diagnostics, and distinguishing between synthetic and real user monitoring. The discussion also delves into addressing unknown unknowns in websites, enhancing monitoring data to detect problems quickly, and utilizing tools like OpenTelemetry for seamless event tracing from the browser to the backend.

One of the fastest areas of growth in observability is frontend observability, or real user monitoring. This is the practice of monitoring and analyzing the performance, behavior, and user experience of web applications from the user’s perspective.

Purvi Kanal is a Senior Software Engineer at Honeycomb. She joins the podcast to talk about the evolution and status of real user monitoring.

This episode is hosted by Lee Atchison. Lee Atchison is a software architect, author, and thought leader on cloud computing and application modernization. His best-selling book, Architecting for Scale (O’Reilly Media), is an essential resource for technical teams looking to maintain high availability and manage risk in their cloud environments.

Lee is the host of his podcast, Modern Digital Business, an engaging and informative podcast produced for people looking to build and grow their digital business with the help of modern applications and processes developed for today’s fast-moving business environment. Listen at mdb.fm. Follow Lee at softwarearchitectureinsights.com, and see all his content at leeatchison.com.

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