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How to improve INP (the newest Core Web Vital)

Interaction to Next Paint (INP) is the newest Core Web Vital, replacing First Input Delay (FID) as your most crucial responsiveness metric. Find out exactly what this means and what to do about it.

JS Toolbox 2024: Bundlers and Test Frameworks

JavaScript development comes with an overwhelming array of tools -- so in this series, we analyse the JS tools to watch in 2024. Part three covers the biggest and best bundlers and test frameworks in the 2024 JS ecosystem.

JS Toolbox 2024: Frameworks and static site generators

JavaScript development comes with an overwhelming array of tools -- so in this series, we analyse the JS tools to watch in 2024. Part two covers the most important frameworks and static site generators in the 2024 JS ecosystem, including React, Vue, Astro, and Hugo.

JS Toolbox 2024: Runtime environments & package management

JavaScript development comes with an overwhelming array of tools -- so in this series, we analyse the JS tools to watch in 2024. Part one covers runtime environments and package managers, including Node, Bun, NPM, and Yarn.

JS Toolbox 2024: Essential picks for modern developers (Overview)

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3 secure ways to handle user data in Raygun

Discover how Raygun's flexible user tracking gives developers and support teams the tools for faster issue resolution. Explore three integration levels to meet your organization’s privacy needs while ensuring GDPR and HIPAA compliance. Learn how Raygun safeguards user data to flexibly accommodate your privacy requirements.

Improving API error responses with the Result pattern

In building an API, meaningful error responses can be just as important as well-structured success responses. In this post, we see a few different options for creating responses, and learn why the Result Pattern is one of the best choices when it comes to API design.

Ensuring software quality with integration testing

A look at our pivotal early decisions regarding testing when we started development on the Raygun API, and how these have paid off. Exploring the tradeoffs of integration testing to create an environment where we could quickly and confidently introduce new changes.

The art of software engineering management

In this post, Team Lead, Senior Engineer Sumitra takes us through her engineering leadership approach and the lessons, models, and processes that are foundational to leading her team at Raygun.

Transitioning from lz4net to K4os.Compression.LZ4

This post shows how we made the switch from lz4net to the K4os.Compression.LZ4 rewrite, attaining significant performance gains. It’s also about additional challenge of supporting 2 decompression implementations, as we discovered our performance gains were absent in the Legacy library.

Proactive error management: Collaborate effectively and work smarter with tags

Master error management in Raygun with tags. Go from reactive to proactive with real-world processes and step-by-step guidance.

Symbolicating stack traces from Apple system libraries

Symbol mapping for Apple system libraries can be a nightmare without the ability to decipher Apple system library calls. Fortunately, there are ways to obtain some of their original source code structure for symbol mapping. We walk through how in this article.

Taking down (and restoring) the Raygun ingestion API

A postmortem on Raygun's hour-long outage from August 2023, and how we improved our infrastructure and incident response as a result.

Adding a CDN to a load balancer (for a much faster website)

Adding a CDN is a simple way to improve speeds for users around the globe, but it's more complex with a load balancer in the mix. Here's how we made raygun.com much, much faster with a CDN.

The hidden impact of cache locality on application performance

cache locality can have a major impact on performance.

Using a possibility tree for fast string parsing

How Raygun implemented a possibility tree to improve string parsing, speeding up the parsing of data flowing through the Raygun processing pipeline by 45x.

Why every developer needs to learn about source maps (right now)

Source maps help bridge the gaps introduced by abstraction, for exponentially faster debugging.

Introducing Error Groups to the Raygun API

Enhance your monitoring experience and better handle errors across your applications with the Raygun API.

Better CI/CD with GitHub Actions and deployment tracking

Use deployment tracking in your CI/CD workflow to balance velocity with quality — combined with smart automation in GitHub actions.

Part two: 7 must-know object-oriented software patterns (and their pitfalls)

Object-oriented design patterns serve as universal solutions to common problems, across a range of instances and domains. In part two, we .

New Raygun JS provider v2.27.0 to support performance timing

The Chromium browser ecosystem has recently changed how performance metrics can be collected. If you self-host raygun4js and use RUM, you’ll want to upgrade to version 2.27.0.

Part one: 7 must-know object-oriented software patterns (and their pitfalls)

Object-oriented design patterns serve as universal solutions to common problems, across a range of instances and domains. In part one, we explore extension, singleton, exception shielding and object pool.

The key to secure transmission: TLS in the Raygun ecosystem

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API update: Manage tracked deployments

Efficiently manage deployments with increased flexibility and control using the Raygun API.

API update: User invitations

Customers can now use the API to automate the process of inviting new team members to Raygun.

Core Web Vitals e-commerce analysis: part one

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Core Web Vitals update: Adjustments to LCP (and INP)

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Debugging tips for common issues with cloud-based applications

A comprehensive collection of debugging tips and tools to help you debug the most common issues in your cloud-based application.

Essential digital experience metrics for development teams

The metrics for developers to understand how their code is experienced by the customer, and improve code quality with users in mind.

Microsoft Teams for Alerting has landed

Get crucial error and performance diagnostics sent directly to your chosen Microsoft Teams channel with Raygun Alerting.

Raygun API Beta is now open to everyone

Raygun is opening up access to our API, giving you unprecedented control over your data.

Raygun names Lana Vaughan as co-founder

Raygun has officially bestowed the title of co-founder on our one-of-a-kind COO, Lana Vaughan.

Update: Expanding our new API functionality

The launch of two new updates to the Raygun API – non-expiring tokens and regenerating API keys.

Announcement: Limited access to Raygun API

Today marks a new era for Raygun with the launch our powerful API.

Crash Reporting & Real User Monitoring for React applications

In this blog post, I’m going to talk about how to integrate Raygun4JS with React at a deeper level than what is provided out-of-the-box.

Increase customer retention & stop leaving money in the shopping cart

In the hyper-competitive world of e-commerce, companies can no longer afford to leave money in the shopping cart from poor digital experiences and abandoned sessions.

Coming soon! Raygun Alerting’s Microsoft Teams integration

Microsoft Teams is a popular integration request for our Alerting feature, and the Raygun team is busy at work making this feature available to all our customers.

Raygun Real User Monitoring and User Privacy

Privacy and security enhancements for Raygun Real User Monitoring and the changes you will see in app.

Swift Package Manager for Raygun4Apple

Raygun4Apple is now easier than ever to implement and manage with new Swift Package Manager support.

Raygun is coming to London

A small team from Raygun is heading to London at the end of September for the 2022 eCommerce Expo, and we'd love to see you there.

Core Web Vitals e-commerce analysis: part two

Core Web Vitals are especially crucial for e-commerce. We analyzed the CrUX data for 10 e-commerce leaders to see how the industry is doing.

Get Alerted to mission-critical issues directly in Slack

Get crucial error and performance diagnostics sent directly to your chosen Slack channel with Raygun Alerting.

Search all apps - understand the impact of an error across your entire tech stack

Perform a query search in one application and see the impact of the same error on all of your applications in Raygun.

Core Web Vitals for Dev Leads

Core Web Vitals are Google's three essential customer experience metrics.

How to improve your Crash Free Users score in minutes

Learn how to improve your Crash Free User score and your customers digital experience with Raygun Crash Reporting.

Coming soon! A sneak peek at Raygun Alerting’s Slack integration

The Slack integration is our #1 feature request for our Alerting feature, and the Raygun team has been busy at work making this feature available to all our customers.

How Core Web Vitals create business impact

Core Web Vitals are the three performance metrics that Google has determined to best represent user experience. They also have a powerful impact on key business outcomes like bounce rate, retention and conversion.

New and improved Python error grouping

The new and improved Python error grouping update keeps your Crash Reporting account tidier, allowing you to fix issues faster.

How to implement a Blameless Postmortem (part two)

There are a few important principles to follow when conducting blameless postmortems.

Show character with Blameless Postmortems (part one)

Blameless Postmortems help you improve systems and processes, boost transparency and increase productivity.

Webhooks for Raygun Alerting – Create custom third-party integrations

Create custom third-party integrations for Raygun Alerting with webhooks.

Raygun Alerting: Monitor your latest deployment

Monitor your latest deployment with Raygun Alerting and have confidence that if an issue is introduced, you can deploy a fix before your customers ever even notice.

What is MTTR? Resolve incidents faster through ops, alerting and documentation

Mean time to resolution, or MTTR, measures a DevOps or SRE team's ability to resolve incidents and create new systems to prevent them from happening again.

JavaScript security: Vulnerabilities and best practices

JavaScript security is a top priority, from programmatic errors and insecure user inputs to malicious attacks. Protect your users and your site with security best practices.

A first look at Amazon CloudWatch Real User Monitoring

Real User Monitoring for Amazon CloudWatch was announced at AWS re:Invent 2021, but how does it look, and what’s next?

Build more resilient mobile apps with Flutter Crash Reporting

Raygun is bringing its world-class error monitoring solution to Flutter. Get all of the diagnostics you need to take action against mobile errors and crashes.

Raygun's log4j vulnerability response

Our response to the log4shell vulnerability.

Announcing: Code-level insights with Azure Repos

Raygun is expanding its support for source control, giving you access to code-level insights directly in-app via our new Azure Repos integration.

Four powerful Alerting workflows

In this blog, we’ll run through four common alerts that you can implement today to ensure you’re maximizing the full potential of Alerting.

JavaScript best practices

Following JavaScript best practices can help you achieve faster page loads and better performance, improve code readability, and make maintenance and debugging easier.

An overview of key .NET 6 features

We give you an overview of the most noteworthy new .NET 6 features.

Alerting has landed: Never miss another mission-critical issue again

Visibility and speed are core to what makes Raygun powerful and is why we’re excited to continue this journey with our latest feature – Alerting.

Celebrating vaccinated teams with 1M free events

We're saying thanks to vaccinated software teams with 1M events for any new sign-ups.

Celebrating vaccinated teams with 1M free events

We're saying thanks to vaccinated software teams with 1M events for any new sign-ups.

A look at the upcoming improvements to LINQ in .NET 6

The upcoming release of .NET 6 brings a number of really interesting features, including a suite of new LINQ capabilities.

Announcing: Bitbucket for APM

Raygun's latest integration with Bitbucket gives you code-level insights into your traces, directly in APM.

Announcing: Greater visibility into Core Web Vitals

Raygun now gives you unrivaled control, granularity, and insights into Core Web Vitals and your real users’ experience.

10 best error monitoring tools to use in 2021 - A comparison report

Top 10 error monitoring tools in 2021. There are more innovative and powerful tools than ever before, so find out which is the best fit for you and your team.

Launch Notes: Native Core Web Vitals, versionised error tracking, updated APM

A new round of updates to the Raygun Platform, introducing Core Web Vitals, giving our sign in pages a facelift and adding versions to error tracking

Introducing native support for Core Web Vitals

Monitor and improve Core Web Vitals directly within Raygun, with actionable diagnostics and richer contextual information than alternative tools.

Launch Notes: Announcing Node.js for APM, all-new Customers, provider updates, and more

February brought a fresh batch of updates to the Raygun Platform. We're announcing Node.js support for APM and more.

Gain more visibility into code performance with Raygun APM for Node.js

Gain more visibility on code and server performance for Node apps with Raygun application performance monitoring for Node.js. Starts at just $8 per month.

Getting started with Raygun Crash Reporting using Raygun4Android

Crashes drive customers away, so here's how to get started with Raygun Crash Reporting for Android.

Build successful React Native apps with Raygun

Build high-quality React Native apps by monitoring for crashes, errors, & performance problems affecting end-users. Read our guide to monitoring React Native.

Solve issues faster with Customer Experience Monitoring

Raygun announces customer experience monitoring-prioritize sessions and errors encountered by real users for faster resolution.

How to measure and improve Node.js performance

If JavaScript is so fast, why are so many Node.js applications slow? I'll show how we can profile a Node app using both the built-in profiler and Raygun.

A guide to single-page application performance

Improving single page application performance is all about choosing the most impactful metrics and monitoring them over time.

Better customer experiences with Raygun and Heroku

Raygun is now available for your Heroku projects. Monitor performance, visualize trends, and see exactly where your users experience problems with RUM.

December Launch Notes: Track Core Web Vitals, .NET 5 and Blazor support, and more

December brought a fresh batch of updates to the Raygun Platform. We're announcing how to measure Core Web Vitals and more.

Debug JavaScript in Mobile Safari (iOS) in 8 easy steps

Need to debug JavaScript in Mobile Safari? Simply follow these 7 steps. Includes examples. Read our debugging guide now.

November Launch Notes: Work at Raygun, a new Raygun agent, and more

November brought a fresh batch of updates to the Raygun Platform. We're announcing a new agent, and more.

Tracking Core Web Vitals with Raygun

Core Web Vitals improve user experiences. Find out how to monitor them with Raygun Real User Monitoring

How tech leaders are prioritizing customer experience

How tech leaders at Xero, Vend, Lancom, and Tend Healthcare and are prioritizing the customer experience in today’s digital world in this panel from Raygun.

How to build 3 powerful APM workflows with Raygun

The best place to start with implementing application performance monitoring is in your dev environment. We show you how to get started with Raygun.

October Launch Notes: Tech Leaders’ Panel, spike protection, and more

October brought a fresh batch of updates to the Raygun Platform. We're announcing spike protection, and more.

Announcing flexible, scalable pricing for modern tech teams

The new usage-based plans from Raygun give your team more flexibility than ever, with pricing that only charges you for what you use. Read more here.

September Launch Notes: RUM on Heroku, APM for Ruby, and more

September brought a fresh batch of updates to the Raygun Platform. We're announcing Ruby support for APM and more.

Announcing Ruby support for Raygun APM

Raygun announces Ruby support for APM. Discover, diagnose, and resolve Ruby performance issues faster with more detail and accuracy.

Gain actionable insights with XHR-level detail for response codes

In this latest release for Raygun RUM, we’ve added XHR-level detail to the response codes tab. Now, you can see the XHRs causing a particular response code.

August Launch Notes: Visualize performance trends over time, a new Raygun Agent version, and more

August brought a fresh batch of updates to the Raygun Platform. We've got a new update to the performance graph in RUM and more.

Celebrating issue 50 of Performance Matters

We identified the sourcemapping process as an area that we could improve performance and improve Raygun’s architecture. Naturally, we took it apart to see what we could find. Read the results.

How we scale Raygun's architecture to handle more data

We identified the sourcemapping process as an area that we could improve performance and improve Raygun’s architecture. Naturally, we took it apart to see what we could find. Read the results.

Debug JavaScript in Google Chrome’s Dev Tools in 7 easy steps

Need to debug JavaScript in Google Chrome? Simply follow these 7 steps. Includes examples. Read our debugging guide now.

How we made an 83% performance improvement using Real User Monitoring

We improved the performance of a React component by 84%. Read more about how Raygun builds faster apps for our customers with Raygun Real User Monitoring

Visualize performance trends over time with the latest graph for RUM

Visualize performance trends over time with the new line graph in Raygun Real User Monitoring

July Launch Notes: Custom timings for RUM, Code filtering and more

July brought a host of new updates to the Raygun Platform. We've got a preview of first paint metrics, provider updates, and more.

How Raygun increased transactions per second by 44% by removing Nginx

As we scale our infrastructure, being able to handle more data for less cost presents some serious business wins. Read what happened when we removed Nginx

Debug JavaScript in Microsoft Edge in 7 steps

Need to debug JavaScript in Microsoft Edge? Simply follow these 7 steps. Includes examples. Read our debugging guide now.

Detect Content Security Policy (CSP) violations with Raygun

Get notified of attacks as and when they happen with all the diagnostic details you’d expect from Raygun Crash Reporting; user tracking and more.

APM isn’t just for Ops: Shifting Left and supercharging your developers

Shifting left means bringing APM tooling closer to the development process, not just monitoring in production. It’s better for the team, and it’s better for the customer

Track any web performance metric with improved custom timings for Real User Monitoring

Teams need the flexibility to monitor the performance of SPAs beyond load time. Read about why we are introducing improvements to Raygun's custom timings.

Achieving a 12% performance lift migrating Raygun's API to .NET Core 3.1

Upgrading Raygun's API from .NET Core 2.1 to .NET Core 3.1 gave us a 12% performance lift. Read about our specific scenario in this blog post.

Diagnose slow page requests with the latest addition to RUM

Diagnose and debug slow page requests that could be impacting application performance with this latest release for Raygun Real User Monitoring.

Why high-performing teams consolidate monitoring tools with Raygun APM

Unlock the full power of your application monitoring stack by consolidating monitoring tools. Learn from teams who've done it.

Control the chaos - The importance of monitoring traffic spikes

What are the real implications of a poor performing application, and how does monitoring traffic spikes help improve the user experience? Learn how RUM helps.

How to identify and resolve front-end performance bottlenecks

Join the front-end team from Raygun as they share how to identify and resolve front-end performance bottlenecks.

Ruby performance tips - how to optimize code from the ground up

Ruby performance tips for Ruby developers looking to optimize code for end-users.

Monitor application health with the new response codes tab in RUM

Poor performing XHR calls could lead to bad user experiences. Now, you can monitor response codes at-a-glance with Raygun Real User Monitoring.

Unlock next-level detail in Real User Monitoring with these latest improvements

Understand exactly how your application is performing in every single user session with this latest release for Real User Monitoring.

The art of shipping and monitoring software with speed and confidence

Follow along with Raygun and Octopus as we deploy software into production and monitor the impact of changes.

March Launch Notes: First paint metrics, Ruby APM release, and more

March brought a host of new updates to the Raygun Platform. We've released first paint metrics, upgraded Slack notifications, and more.

Announcing new-look notifications for Slack

Raygun is excited to announce a new and improved UI for our Slack integration. Emojis, more context, and expandable alerts make error resolution easy.

Top tips to improve JavaScript performance for faster websites

These tips will help you improve JavaScript performance in your apps. Use them as a checklist

Announcing: First Paint Metrics and Advanced Visualizations

There’s a new generation of performance metrics. First paint and first contentful paint are the latest additions to Raygun Real User Monitoring.

How to decide between cloud and on-premise monitoring

Should you choose a cloud or on-premise approach for application performance monitoring? Read an expert's evaluation to help make the right decision.

January Launch Notes: First paint preview, provider updates, and more

January brought a host of new updates to the Raygun Platform. We've got a preview of first paint metrics, provider updates, and more.

Database performance improvement - How-to in 4 easy steps

We'll go through the steps to resolving database performance issues: identify, proactively respond, measure, and resolve them quickly.

Raygun’s best features of 2019: 5 new ways to create better software faster

In 2019, Raygun released a host of new features to help you discover performance problems before they affect end users. Here are our favorites.

Memory leak detection - How to find, eliminate, and avoid

If you find a memory leak in your code don't view it as a failure. Instead, look at it as a chance to improve memory leak detection and remediation skills.

Why actionable data is worth its weight in gold and more from our Tech Leaders' Tour

Raygun and Microsoft host tech leaders from Microsoft, Nike, the Standard, and Chef Software to talk about actionable monitoring data

Measuring the unmeasurable - How AWS, Alexa, Tableau Software and Raygun monitor what matters

Raygun and Amazon host four tech leaders from AWS, Alexa, Tableau Software and Raygun to talk about software quality.

Raygun APM: Our commitment to performance

Ever since the public release of Raygun APM for .NET, we’ve been busy at work to make this the best APM product on the market

A complete guide to getting started with the Node debugger

Each version of Node.js (past 6.3) comes packaged with its own protocol allowing various debugging clients to connect to it. Get up and running with the Node.js debugger, using your terminal, a web browser, or an IDE.

Build faster, error-free Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps with Raygun

Error-free experiences across all Windows 10 apps with the latest UWP provider from Raygun Crash Reporting and Real User Monitoring

Monitoring .NET Core - Raygun’s multithreaded trace capability explained

Raygun's CTO gives a technical demo of Raygun's multithreaded trace feature for .NET Core to Alex Williams of The New Stack. Microservices, UI improvements, and performance comparisons are all discussed.

Speed AND Reliability: How to move fast and fix things [Webinar]

Join Sam Hunt from GitHub and Nick Harley from Raygun as they share stories on how to build faster and more reliable software at scale.

A complete guide to getting started with React debugging

When developing a React application, you often have to debug it. In this post, you'll learn to use console statements, dev tools, and catch regressions.

Introducing unlimited dashboards - Now available on all plans

Multiple projects? New team KPIs? That's no problem when you can create multiple dashboards for each team. now for all plans.

How our tiger team reduced SQL query latency by 300% using automation

We used automation to reduce our SQL query latency by 300%. Here are our 3 key learnings from using tiger teams and automation.

The first rule about technical debt - never talk about technical debt

Communicating the value of fixing technical debt is a skill. Here's how to frame tech debt to the leadership team so can get the resources you need.

Make fewer HTTP requests: What this means and how to do it

Learn how to reduce the number of HTTP requests in your page and speed up the performance of your website with three effective and proven techniques

Stop using NPS to measure software quality

NPS isn't the best measure of software quality. You should be using metrics like bugs per thousand lines of code and median application response times.

Hiring strategies for high-performance software teams [Webinar]

Join hiring experts Dave from Raygun and Jeff from Gun.io as they share 30 years of combined experience hiring the best software engineers for the job.

Stay in-the-know: Introducing the Performance Matters newsletter

Performance Matters is a weekly newsletter for the customer-focused tech leader. Subscribe to stay up to date with software performance news

Building a great team starts with a great hire

Key factors to look for when hiring a senior freelance engineer to build a high-performance team.

The dark art of prioritization: 4 tech leaders weigh in on software quality

Raygun and AWS host an event in Wellington where we interview four tech leaders from Xero, Sharesies, Raygun and Trade Me about software quality.

.NET Debugging: 6 techniques you need in your arsenal

Debugging is hard. That's why we're sharing six techniques will help make your .NET debugging sessions less stressful and more productive.

Solving complex performance problems in .NET Core [Webinar]

Join performance expert Matt Warren for a tutorial on solving complex problems in .NET Core, and how Raygun APM can help.

Building better software with automated monitoring and alerting

Strategies for automation in DevOps and IT, and how to apply them to automation in monitoring and alerting.

Useful tools to manage your application's secrets

How to safely store and retrieve secrets when hosting your ASP.NET Core application on Azure or Amazon Web Services

The 8 CI/CD tools you need to know about in 2019

What kind of CI/CD tools do you need in 2019? This post shows you some of the tools you need to make your CI/CD pipeline a success in 2019.

Highlights from the Raygun and AWS tech leaders' panel: Closing the gap between code and customer

Raygun and AWS host an event to discuss software quality in a changing technology landscape, and answer questions about prioritizing user experience.

'Monitoring is your lateral line', and more from the new book 'Achieving DevOps'

What are the keys to lateral line thinking in monitoring? Dave Harrison of Microsoft creates a compelling argument in his new book, Achieving DevOps

Diagnose Xamarin.Forms errors, crashes and performance issues with ease

Diagnose Xamarin.Forms errors, crashes and performance problems with ease with Raygun's latest support for Xamarin.Forms

SQL Performance tuning: 6 Tips for tuning SQL server

SQL performance tuning can be a tricky thing. We spend so much time focusing on our business logic, it’s easy to leave the database behind in the dust.

.NET Core support is here for Raygun APM

Raygun launches modern APM for .NET Core. More actionable. Unrivalled detail. Learn more.

10 Best iOS crash reporting tools for 2019

We take a look at the 10 best iOS crash reporting tools that you may want to consider for your next project.

Codemania 2019: What we learned from global tech leaders

For eight years, Codemania has brought developers and technology enthusiasts together in Auckland. This year, developers heard from an impressive speaker lineup

Real User Monitoring vs. APM: What's the difference?

Let’s explore RUM vs APM. See how they differ and learn how you can use them together to build better apps that deliver exemplary user experiences every time.

Introducing granular permissions: Customize team member’s access for finer control

Customize access to Raygun's plan settings with our latest feature: granular permissions

Confidently ship code using Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD)

Shipping new features can be a daunting task - but not with a flawless CI/CD process. Here's how Raygun deploys every day.

Cultivating a high-performance culture in your software team

Cultivate a high performing software team takes time. If you're just starting out, this is a good guide packed with practical tips.

C# Debugging tools and techniques

What is native mobile app development, and what are the advantages and disadvantages?

Understanding native app development - what you need to know in 2019

What is native mobile app development, and what are the advantages and disadvantages?

February Launch Notes: The latest Dashboard enhancement for RUM and more

February brought a new update to RUM, plus a new webinar on .NET performance.

Welcome to Raygun APM: A quick-start guide for new and returning customers

An APM solution is an important part of any organization's toolset. Here's how to set up Raygun APM to get the most from your plan.

Questions to ask your APM provider before you buy

An APM solution is an important part of any organization's toolset. But how to you find a product that's a good fit? Here are some questions to ask.

DevOps interview questions: How to prepare

Do you have an interview for a DevOps position? Or are you a dev manager looking for some good interview questions? This guide will help.

APM FAQ for the C-suite: Your questions answered

When assessing a product's viability one tool has recently turned heads with C-level management: APM. Today, we go over APM FAQ for C-level executives

The 7 best Real User Monitoring tools for 2019

RUM tools can help you gain insight into the health of your applications. This guide will teach you the basics of RUM and help you find a tool that works best for your situation.

A comprehensive guide to Azure Functions error monitoring

Monitor errors in your Azure Function Apps with Raygun. Work around limitations in Azure Functions by using this decorator pattern to log anywhere!

January Launch Notes: Announcing APM .NET Core support and more

January brought exciting new additions to the Raygun Platform including announcing .NET Core support for APM

Raygun's favorite features of 2018

In this article, we surface our favorite releases from 2018, just in case you missed them.

Master IE11 Developer Tools in 2019

IE11 is the updated version of the IE web browser - and it's much more developer friendly. Read this guide to master IE11 Developer Tools.

Serverless error monitoring: Strategies you can use

What does it take to monitor serverless? We discuss how to use infrastructure, APM, and logging tools for observability in a distributed system.

Announcing the latest dashboard enhancements

We've added several enhancements to the Raygun dashboard, including a free text tile and paragraph tile

Guide to PHP error reporting in 2019

PHP has been around for a while and it has developed its own flavor of error reporting. Today, you'll learn how easy it is to add error monitoring for PHP.

SOLID design principles: Building stable and flexible systems

SOLID is one of the most well-known sets of software design principles. It can help you avoid common pitfalls and think about your apps’ architecture.

What site reliability engineering (SRE) and how is it different from DevOps?

I’ll explain what SRE is and why SRE helps maintain software quality in production systems. I will also discuss how DevOps and SRE relate to each other.

Demystifying the Raygun4Apple provider: A technical deep dive

We have improved the way we support Apple platforms now and in the future. We have a new Raygun4Apple provider. Read the guide here.

The top 20 places to learn Java in 2019

Where are the best places to learn Java? We take a look at the top 20 websites in this independent review.

Wellington, have you seen us? Here’s the story of the Raygun neon sign

Have you seen our neon sign on Courtenay Place, Wellington? We take you through the idea, the process and installation of our Raygun neon signs.

Python vs Java: Which is best? Code examples and comparison for 2019

Should you choose Python or Java for your upcoming project? Here are the differences with code examples.

A guide to Apdex score: Calculations, improvements, and more

Apdex scores are a an open standard used by many development teams as an assessment of the quality of user experiences.

C# Logging best practices in 2019 with examples and tools

What are the best practices for error logging in C#? We explore best practices with examples and tools

Product management tips for high-growth environments: How to tame fires

As a product manager in a high-growth environment, I have come to accept that at any given time, something is on fire

Best practices for monitoring cloud-based apps for 2019

After you've made the migration to the cloud, there are some important best practices to think about. This article discusses what you need in 2019.

10 Popular PHP frameworks in 2019

Each PHP framework has strengths and weaknesses, and they vary in terms of community, documentation, and the database they support. Here are the best in 2019.

October Launch Notes: New Raygun4Apple provider, updated agent, and new default login page

October brought exciting new additions to the Raygun Platform including a new Apple provider

New and improved support for Apple platforms

Raygun have released our new and improved apple provider, including adding Breadcrumbs and tvOS support.

Common C# exceptions and how to fix them

Are you familiar with the concept of exceptions? What about the main types of C# exceptions? If your answer is 'no', then this post is for you.

Real user monitoring best practices - an actionable guide to benchmarking performance

Unsure of where to start with real user monitoring? This set of best practices will help you know benchmark, measure and track your web and mobile performance no matter what your goals are.

Real User Monitoring best practices

Website user experience has an impact on your bottom line. See how these real user monitoring best practices can give you insights into the user experience.

Debug iOS applications in six easy steps

Today we learn how to debug iOS applications with Apple's Xcode and Raygun's iOS Crash Reporting. Quickly address your application deficiencies

Java exceptions: Common terminology with examples [2018 guide]

Common Java terminology explained with definitions and code examples

Top 43 Programming Languages: When and How to Use Them

Whether you're just starting programming or are looking for a secondary programming language, weight up the pros and cons.

September Launch Notes: APM, zipped source maps, and more

In today’s post, we cover several APM tools that are worth checking out. Find out which tool is the right solution for your needs.

What is Docker, and why is it so popular?

Docker, and containers, are a new way of running software that is revolutionizing software development and delivery.

Best practices for Microservices [2018]

Applications have, traditionally, been developed as monoliths. This term describes how application code is compiled and delivered.

What are microservices?

Microservices are a popular software design architecture that breaks apart monolithic systems.

Using Raygun with Google Tag Manager

Learn how to measure and improve page load speeds and user experience using Raygun and Google Tag Manager (GTM). Get started in minutes!

Raygun Application Performance Monitoring is here

Raygun announces Application Performance Monitoring

The top 19 Application Performance Monitoring (APM) tools in 2018

In today’s post, we cover several APM tools that are worth checking out. Find out which tool is the right solution for your needs.

Server performance metrics: 8 you should be considering

8 important server performance metrics to consider when analyzing performance and usability of the web applications you're running.

The 10 best DevOps tools for 2018

The best DevOps tools to use in 2018: Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins all make your life easier.

Server monitoring best practices: 9 dos and don'ts

In the IT world, the concept of server health is extremely important. To maintain health, you need to understand server monitoring best practices.

Monitoring microservices: Everything you need to know [2018]

Monitoring microservices remains a critical part of managing any IT system

5 Server Monitoring Tools you should check out

Monitoring server and application performance is critical. We've assembled a list of 5 of the best server monitoring tools you can find.

6 Java debugging tools for 2018 and beyond

Debugging is an essential part of the error management workflow. But which Java debugging tools should you use?

Webinar: Raygun and Pivotal Tracker will help you build better software

Join us for this webinar where we'll discuss some of the challenges product managers and developers face when building software at speed within development teams

New: Crash by device breakdown for easier mobile debugging

Which mobile device causes the most software errors in your app? Find out with Raygun

Raygun and Java: Better error monitoring with Breadcrumbs and more

If you need sophisticated error monitoring for Java look no further with the latest updates to the Raygun4Java provider

SOAP vs REST vs JSON comparison [2018]

SOAP vs Rest: what are the main differences, and what are the main differences to use each, and when is it best to use JSON?

Fix Script Error and Get the Most Data Possible From Cross Domain Js Errors

Script Error occurs when a client-side script written in JavaScript, VBScript, or another scripting language violates the same-origin policy of the user’s browser by making an invalid cross-origin HTTP request.

How to replicate user errors without the user with Breadcrumbs and Sessions

Replicate user errors easier using Raygun's Breadcrumbs and Sessions

Remote pair programming: Tips, tools, and how to measure

Is remote pair programming for you? This guide covers approaches, tools, and how to measure results

The Legacy Dashboard is levelling up

We've levelled up our Custom Dashboards

Announcing support for .NET Standard 2.0 and ASP.NET Core 2

Raygun is excited to announce our recent support of .NET Standard 2.0 and ASP.NET Core 2 applications for Raygun Crash Reporting.

What is MTTR? How to measure and improve your Mean Time to Recovery

MTTR is a measure of time between detected downtime in a software service to being available

The SDLC: 7 phases, popular models, benefits & more [2018]

The Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) is a terminology used to explain how software is delivered to a customer in a series if steps. These steps take software from the ideation phase to delivery. Find out about the 7 different phases of the SDLC, popular SDLC models, best practices, examples and more."

The SDLC: 7 phases, popular models, benefits & more [2018]

How does the software development life cycle work? See the 7 Phases of the SDLC, popular SDLC models (agile & waterfall), SDLC infographic, best practices, benefits & more

How to achieve DevOps consensus: The what and how of DevOps

DevOps is a family of ideas that addresses a wide range of problems. We explore why and how your team needs to reach a DevOps consensus, measure improvement and more.

10 Reasons to Use a CSS Preprocessor in 2018

So, you’ve probably heard of CSS preprocessors before, be it Sass, LESS, or Stylus—they’re all great. Here's 10 reasons why I love them.

What is Real User Monitoring? Definitions, examples and benefits

Real User Monitoring tools surface performance problems and their cause in real time. What are the benefits, and how does it work?

Koa vs Express in NodeJS: 2018 Edition

Major frameworks - NodeJS benchmarking: Koa vs Express (2018 edition). We cover code ergonomics, scenarios and application use. Find out how they compare now.

Why building internal tools could become a costly mistake

Developers often want to build tools themselves. In the light of GDPR changes, that could be a mistake.

The benefits of pair programming: will it work on your team?

We weigh up how pair programming might benefit your team.

Debug JavaScript in Visual Studio in 7 easy steps [2019]

Need to debug JavaScript in Visual Studio? Simply follow these 7 steps. Includes examples. Read our debugging guide now.

Debug JavaScript in Opera in 7 easy steps [2019]

Need to debug JavaScript in Opera? Simply follow these 7 steps. Includes examples. Read our debugging guide now.

Announcing increased granularity in Custom Dashboards

Raygun’s new Dashboard granularity feature now allows you to drill down into the second for even faster diagnosis.

Real User Monitoring Benefits: The real value to your team

Real User Monitoring benefits all team members, from developers to project managers. Read the real value Real User Monitoring can bring to your team here.

What is Application Performance Management?

Application Performance Management helps development teams create better user experiences. But what is APM exactly, and how can it help your company?

Real User Monitoring and User Tracking: How are they different?

If you are looking through Raygun’s features and are wondering what the difference is between the Real User Monitoring and User Tracking features, this article’s for you.

Incident postmortem: Web server issue

On Friday 12th January, some of our customers may have noticed an issue that created intermittent 500 error pages. Read the incident postmortem.

What is Synthetic Testing? A definition and how it compares to Real User Monitoring

It's important for developers to understand the differences between synthetic testing and real user monitoring. Discover the differences in this article.

Common front-end mistakes that cause layout problems

Successful online services like marketing and e-commerce websites rely on exceptional customer experiences. As a front-end developer, it’s your job to create flawless layouts, so your customer can complete necessary actions (like submit a sign-up form or purchase a Christmas gift). As you probably know, layout issues cause the mistrust of your website, so you’ll want to fix them up ASAP.

Crash reporting and APM: What’s the difference?

How do crash reporting and APM (Application Performance Management) differ? After all, both promise to detect problems affecting your users and both advertise that they discover errors or crashes.

Introducing new Crash Reporting error group filters UI: Surface error data faster

Whether you need to drill down into the cause of an error or discover how customers received your latest version release, Crash Reporting filters give your team a quick and easy way to surface the data you need.

How to prevent software crashes in retail apps: Best practices for developers

You aren’t alone. Last year, Amazon lost out due to broken payment buttons, and favorite retailer Macy’s couldn’t cope with traffic on Black Friday – a $3 billion e-commerce day – causing frustrated shoppers to go to social media.

5 Application Performance Monitoring tools for improving user experiences

Not all user experiences are equal. People can have good and bad ones, even when using exactly the same website or mobile application.

7 tips on supporting successful mobile apps: A developer’s guide

Many things go into the success of your mobile apps. As developers, we can feel disconnected to that success, telling ourselves that we don’t really have a say in whether our app is successful or not. We just focus on what’s in front of us; writing bug-free code to the best of our ability. But, in reality, you can have much more of an influence on the success of your application than you think.

Are high asset loading times killing your website performance? Here are the critical asset load paths you need to know

Websites can be fickle beasts. At any point during the website’s development cycle, page load times can creep higher, even if you haven’t done anything to cause a slow loading page. One of the culprits is a high asset loading time. But how do you spot slow loading assets, and give your users back their precious time?

How to make sure website errors don’t spoil your sales

Every year consumers spend more and more of their hard earned cash online and the holiday season is by far the biggest time of year for retailers. Between November and January can account as much as twenty to forty percent of a retailer’s annual sales. Deloitte’s Retail and Distribution practice expect total holiday sales to reach a record USD$1.04 to $1.05 trillion between November and January 2017, an 18 – 20% increase from 2016. (Source)

Recent updates to the Raygun4Ruby provider: a quick recap of the last 6 months

Over the past six months, we’ve made some significant improvements to the Raygun4Ruby provider. To make error diagnosis and resolution even easier, we added a few new features and resolved every outstanding community request.

Webinar: How to discover errors in production with Charles Max Wood and John-Daniel Trask

Errors in production can be elusive and tough to discover. But if you could find problems quickly, you can save hours digging through log files and protect your end users from experiencing problems.

How to prepare for effective code reviews: catch more bugs with these best practices

Code reviews. Two words that can elicit visions of the last hurdle to conquer before one’s hard work is released into production.

Tech support tips for developers managing outages and bugs

It’s an unfortunate attitude that time spent on support is a waste of development resources – and one that can leave a team unprepared and overwhelmed when disaster strikes.

Moment.js vs date-fns: How to spot slow loading scripts and fix them quickly

It’s a good habit to get into, and I’m often surprised how simple it can be to find something that’s wrong and fix it. Recently, I was doing a routine performance check and saw a key page was loading unusually slowly. The offender was in a front end JavaScript application.

Announcing the Compare feature for Real User Monitoring: Compare performance data at a glance to isolate problems faster

Now, you can view your performance data side-by-side. Compare locations, browsers, platforms or tags against each other for a quick understanding of where performance issues lie.

Error monitoring for new projects: How to tell what you need and when

Trade-offs are inevitable. Tough questions will crop up around which software is mission critical – and which ones can wait until later.

Saving customers 75 hours per month with Real User Monitoring

Today, I’d like to share how we use Real User Monitoring with Raygun to improve Raygun for our customers. This is an ongoing series about how we leverage our monitoring tools to make our product better. I hope it inspires those that care about customer experience to improve their software.

Issue tracking and Crash Reporting software: what’s the difference?

Issue tracking and crash reporting tools often end up under the same umbrella. And understandably – they both have similar names!

Track Facebook browser activity in Crash Reporting and Real User Monitoring

Does a large percentage of your site traffic come from the mobile Facebook application? If so, you can now view and track Facebook browser activity on Crash Reporting and Real User Monitoring.

Six essential software deployment tools for error-free applications

Bad deployments are a resource-draining problem for every development team. Without the help of software deployment tools, spotting a bad deployment is like finding a needle in a haystack.

Slice and dice your data with advanced Real User Monitoring filters

Raygun is happy to announce an enhanced filtering option for Real User Monitoring. You can now add a selection of filters to your Real User Monitoring data so you can surface the most useful information. Sort through data faster and be reassured you address performance problems affecting your end users as quickly as possible.

Product Management Tips For High Growth Startups

Recently I did a webinar with Kiwi Landing Pad on Product Management tips for high growth startups, which was very well received (thanks everyone for the support!).

Design an on-call schedule that keeps developer burnout at bay

If your team is tired, or you find the only solution for late night errors is to hijack repository permissions to stop the spread of the fire, it might mean taking another look at your process. We think designing an on-call schedule that keeps your team healthy and happy is so important we wrote a book on how to encourage better on-call processes.

API design guidelines – best practices for building a user-friendly API

I’ve seen my fair share of poorly designed APIs – and I’m not alone in experiencing poorly built or clunky APIs that add dead weight to an application. Unfortunately, those who built the offending API didn’t follow API design guidelines and have made life harder for fellow developers.

Automatic breadcrumb logging in Raygun4Net – how to get set up

Using the breadcrumbs feature for Raygun Crash Reporting, you can attach an accurate trail of the events through your system leading up to the moment a crash report was generated. You’ll gain more insight into why the application crashed when it did, making prioritization of fixes much easier.

Software Intelligence for creating flawless user experiences [Infographic]

Many software teams today have lost visibility into errors affecting end users. If you’ve been relying on error logs and customers to report errors in your software, you could be missing a vital part of the story. How are users really experiencing your application?

Custom timings for Real User Monitoring: track timing events easily

By default, Raygun will pick up the OnContentLoaded event which can be very helpful. However, oftentimes there are other timing events that you’d like to track.

How to handle errors and exceptions in large scale software projects (With good practices and examples)

You simply cannot test for all the different ways your users are interacting with your application. Therefore, it’s important to understand the differences between errors and exceptions in your application, and the correct ways to handle them so you can take a proactive approach to maintaining a healthy application for both your development team and your end users.

Revolutionize your healthcare app UX: tips for technologists to make happier customers

Healthcare professionals on the ground are demanding better, faster and more usable apps to enable better care for their patients. 

What is software intelligence? A definition and guide for software professionals

Software intelligence is a full stack monitoring platform that discovers, diagnoses and helps you resolve software issues both in production and that are affecting end users.

Make tech support easier for developers with these 3 tips

****Providing excellent customer support is an important cog in the healthy software machine . So why do teams make it so hard for developers and tech support to respond in a timely and helpful way? Support tickets don’t get resolved and customers are left hanging.