I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails

Event tracking with Ruby on Rails | Doorkeeper

I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails

Event tracking with Ruby on Rails Mixpanel and KISSMetrics are both great tools to track how people interact with your site. At the core of these services is a simple Javascript API to track events: kissmetrics.push(['record', 'My Event', {'My Property':'Value'}]); mixpanel.track('My Event', {'My Property': 'Value'}); At first glance, the Javascript seems so simple a third-party library is not waranted. However, in a Rails application, the thing we are most interested in tracking is the creation of resources. With Rails, there is not normally a "landing page" after you create a resource. So the only place we know when we have just sucessfully created a resource is in the controller itself. def create @group = current_user.groups.build(params[:group]) if @group.save # track event here redirect_to @group else render action: "new" end end But the standard pattern in Rails is ...

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@josacar » 25 Dec '12, 9pm
Event tracking with Ruby on Rails [link] via @prismatic
@rails_rt_ja » 21 Dec '12, 3am
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@komagata » 21 Dec '12, 2am
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@pat_shaughnessy » 30 Nov '12, 5pm
A quick, simple tutorial on using Mixpanel and KISSMetrics with Rails: "Event tracking with Ruby on Rails" [link]
@rails_rt_ja » 30 Nov '12, 9am
RT @hiroyou1984: オぉ!! RT @pwim: I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails [link]
@hnfirehose » 30 Nov '12, 8am
Event tracking for Ruby on Rails using Mixpanel or KISSMetrics: [link]
@hiroyou1984 » 30 Nov '12, 8am
オぉ!! RT @pwim: I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails [link]
@kakutani » 30 Nov '12, 8am
RT @pwim: I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails [link]
@pwim » 30 Nov '12, 8am
I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails [link]
@iwhurtafly » 30 Nov '12, 10am
RT @pwim: I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails [link]
@senorprogrammer » 30 Nov '12, 8am
Event tracking for Ruby on Rails using Mixpanel or KISSMetrics [link]
@komagata » 30 Nov '12, 8am
RT @pwim: I've created a new gem to make it super easy to use mixpanel/kissmetrics with Ruby on Rails [link]