📊 Analytics

Analytics are a fantastic way to get some concrete feedback on what users are doing on your applications. Sometimes, you might be surprised to see that a project you think nobody uses actually gets a consistent trickle of traffic! This page documents some recommended ways you can set up analytics for your projects at Launch Pad.

Web Projects

Fathom Analytics (opens new window) is a simple, lightweight web analytics service that we use in several Launch Pad projects. As a sponsor, they are currently providing us with a paid account to leverage for this purpose. Here are some dashboards for Launch Pad projects:

• ubclaunchpad.com (opens new window)
• docs.ubclaunchpad.com (opens new window)
• sync.ubclaunchpad.com (opens new window)
• ubcsim2.ubclaunchpad.com (opens new window)

To get started, reach out to #ask-leads (opens new window) to get a site and dashboard set up in Fathom - we will provide you with a site code and public dashboard.

Using the site code, you can now set up analytics on your project! Note that we have a custom domain set up for our tracker script, https://chinchilla.ubclaunchpad.com/script.js, to avoid being blocked by adblockers (this is especially important given that Launch Pad projects are relatively low-traffic).

• Most projects can leverage the provided code snippet (opens new window). Make sure you take a look at the advanced options (opens new window) to make sure your snippet is configured correctly - for example, a good setup for a ReactJS project would be:

  <script src="https://chinchilla.ubclaunchpad.com/script.js" site="XXXXXXXX" spa="auto" excluded-domains="localhost" defer></script>
  

  See example usages in Launch Pad (opens new window).
• If you need more granular control, you can use fathom-client (opens new window) instead of the embedding the tracker script - see example usages in Launch Pad (opens new window).
  • for Vue.js (opens new window) projects, you can use @ubclanchpad/vue-fathom (opens new window)
  • for Vuepress (opens new window) projects, you can use @ubclaunchpad/vuepress-plugin-fathom (opens new window)

Social Media

Facebook (opens new window), Medium (opens new window), and Buttondown (newsletter) (opens new window) have built-in analytics. Instagram also has built-in analytics through the Insights tab on the mobile app (not available on web yet).

We also have analytics set up for a few UBC Launch Pad websites, linked above.