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Microsoft Application Insights Common JavaScript Library
Common library for the Application Insights Javascript SDK
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npm install -g grunt-cli
npm install
npm run build --silent
npm run test
This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Most contributions require you to agree to a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) declaring that you have the right to, and actually do, grant us the rights to use your contribution. For details, visit https://cla.microsoft.com.
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This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.
As this SDK is designed to enable applications to perform data collection which is sent to the Microsoft collection endpoints the following is required to identify our privacy statement.
The software may collect information about you and your use of the software and send it to Microsoft. Microsoft may use this information to provide services and improve our products and services. You may turn off the telemetry as described in the repository. There are also some features in the software that may enable you and Microsoft to collect data from users of your applications. If you use these features, you must comply with applicable law, including providing appropriate notices to users of your applications together with a copy of Microsoft’s privacy statement. Our privacy statement is located at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=824704. You can learn more about data collection and use in the help documentation and our privacy statement. Your use of the software operates as your consent to these practices.
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The 'applicationinsights' package is the main Application Insights SDK for Node.js. It provides comprehensive functionalities for tracking and monitoring Node.js applications, including telemetry collection, dependency tracking, and performance monitoring. It is more feature-rich compared to @microsoft/applicationinsights-common, which focuses on common types and utilities.
Winston is a popular logging library for Node.js. It provides a flexible and extensible logging system with support for multiple transports, log levels, and formats. While it does not offer the same telemetry-specific features as @microsoft/applicationinsights-common, it is widely used for general logging purposes.
Log4js is another logging library for Node.js, inspired by the Java log4j library. It offers a variety of appenders for different logging outputs and supports log levels and configuration. Similar to winston, it focuses on general logging rather than telemetry data.
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Microsoft Application Insights Common JavaScript Library
The npm package @microsoft/applicationinsights-common receives a total of 777,789 weekly downloads. As such, @microsoft/applicationinsights-common popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @microsoft/applicationinsights-common demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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