Titanium Logger

This is a remote logging server and client code for Titanium applications. The idea is inspired from http://cloudebug.com. I needed a better tool so I built Titanium Logger.

Essentially from within your iPhone app (running within the Simulator or the actual device), you can see the log messages in real-time via the Web Console. And you can also push code directly to any connected devices to help debugging your app.

Features

• Remote logging from any connected devices, however, the connecting device will need to be able to communicate with the logging server.
• Server is written in Ruby using EventMachine, em-websocket, Sinatra
• Web console is done in Websocket, so Chrome, Safari, and Firefox are be supported.
• Any code can be pushed down to the connected devices at anytime, allowing you to test code at run-time.
• Titanium client script is written as a CommonJS module that can be require'd anywhere.

Usage

Running server script

• Download the server script: server

• Install the required gems:

  gem install em-websocket            # or with sudo gem install em-websocke
  gem install sinatra                 # or with sudo gem install sinatra
  gem install thin                    # or with sudo gem install thin

• chmod the server file to +x and run it, or run with ruby

  ./server  # or ruby server

• if everything goes correctly, you should see something like this ...

  == Sinatra/1.0 has taken the stage on 8486 for development with backup from Thin
  >> Thin web server (v1.2.7 codename No Hup)
  >> Maximum connections set to 1024
  >> Listening on 0.0.0.0:8486, CTRL+C to stop
  ==================
  Web Console locates at:     0.0.0.0:8486
  Logging Server locates at:  0.0.0.0:8484
  ==================

Client javascript

• download the client script and put it in your Titanium's Resources folder: logger.js

• at the top of your app.js, put

  var logger = require('path/to/logger').logger('localhost', 8484);

• Since the logger.js is written as a CommonJS module, you don't need to put the .js extension.

• anywhere you want to log remotely, just use

  logger.log("this is a test message");

• Object passed to the log() method will be serialized to a string with JSON.stringify()

Webconsole

• Once the server is up running, point your web browser to http://localhost:8486.
• profit!

Known-issues and limitations

• Your device must be on the same network, otherwise it won't be able to communicate with the logging server. If you need any devices to see the server, deploy the server script to your own server and point your logger's host to that server accordingly.
• Run the logging server before launching the app to make sure the logger can connect properly. If you kill the server, the logger may not re-connect.

About

• My name is Alex Le. I'm an entrepreneur and I build web applications. I'm a single founder bootstrapping Marrily (http://marrily.com), an online wedding planner. Come check it out! My blog is at http://alexle.net