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Don’t break the Internet with your Javascript

by bdimcheff on 3/30/12, 3:40 PM with 32 comments

• by dmethvin on 3/30/12, 4:50 PM

  The point of that blog post is that sites should track the client-side errors that occur. It's hardly a new idea, but is worth repeating since so few people still seem to do it.

  Remember folks, for apps that use the back-end as a JSON service, nearly all the code is running on the client. If you have no feedback about errors, you are assuming your 15 minutes of testing with Safari on a Macbook is representative of the entire Internet including that guy with IE7 on XP with the Bing Toolbar. It's not a good bet.

  They mention tinyfeedback but there is also DamnIT and the YC-funded proxino.

• by westi on 3/30/12, 5:04 PM

  Is hashmonitor open source or going to be open sourced?

  Seems like it would be a really useful contribution to the JS development community to make this available for everyone to use.

• by speg on 3/30/12, 4:16 PM

  Next episode: Don't break your site with HN.

• by cageface on 3/30/12, 4:03 PM

  Ironically, the logo covers half the text on an iPad.

• by Thomaschaaf on 3/30/12, 4:07 PM

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  The seem to be backing up their site or something.

• by fforw on 3/30/12, 4:10 PM

  Breaking the internet with your javascript sounds a little like the "IP-Tracking in VB-GUI" thing.. wish his blog was a little more stable.

• by DanWaterworth on 3/30/12, 4:36 PM

  WEB != INTERNET

• by skizm on 3/30/12, 5:27 PM

  Oddly enough I went to this on my mobile phone and the site looked broken because the logo that is on the left is square in the middle of the screen. Irony?

• by robwgibbons on 3/30/12, 5:20 PM

  Don't break my JavaScript with your Internet