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June 2024

Improved OpenTelemetry & Node Support in JavaScript v8 SDK

As first announced during Sentry Launch Week, we have been working on shipping a major release of our JavaScript SDKs. This update makes getting started with Sentry JavaScript SDKs (even more) straightforward. This release broadens the number of frameworks and libraries where we provide automatic instrumentation, meaning you can access telemetry data in Sentry on day one, without configuration.

How to hack your Google Lighthouse scores in 2024

Google Lighthouse has been one of the most effective ways to gamify and promote web page performance among developers. Using Lighthouse, we can assess web pages based on overall performance, accessibility, SEO, and what Google considers “best practices”, all with the click of a button. We might use these tests to evaluate out-of-the-box performance for front-end frameworks or to celebrate performance improvements gained by some diligent refactoring.

Don't observe. Debug.

The term “observability” is a strange one. We understand its value as a way to describe a sophisticated approach to monitoring complex distributed systems and microservices. But the term is inherently passive (and let’s be honest. It’s a bit of a loaded marketing term). Simply “observing” doesn’t help you solve problems – especially if you are inundated with loads of non-actionable data.

Tracing: Frontend issues with backend solutions

Frontend issues that affect your users are often triggered by backend problems. Join us in this workshop so you can learn how to identify the issues causing your poor Core Web Vitals. Then, discover how to trace issues to slow database queries or the dreaded server-side request waterfall. In this session you’ll learn how to: Discover common sources for poor web vitals Setup tracing with Sentry Trace issues through your stack to the code-level with Sentry.

Why we're excited to partner with Laravel

In case you missed it, our friends at Laravel just announced a new partnership with… well… Sentry. The TL;DR is that you can add error monitoring and tracing capabilities to new or existing Forge/Vapor sites with just a few clicks. This new integration is designed to help PHP developers collect real telemetry on their projects as easily as possible.

How to Set Up User Feedback from Sentry

Sentry’s User Feedback gives your users an easy way to provide direct input on problems they encounter on your site – whether that be a frontend error, broken link, or misleading label – to help get context into a known error or catch an issue that can only be spotted in the UX. This simple widget can be customized to match your site’s look and feel and embedded non-intrusively. Learn how to set it up with this step-by-step demo.