Website Updates: A Comprehensive Overview
What developments have taken place today?
Several updates were made across various aspects of the website’s codebase. A new newsletter signup form was added to the homepage with basic styling and JavaScript integration. Simultaneously, a substantial amount of unused CSS – including reset styles, global layout definitions, flash messages, breadcrumb navigation, contact/project forms, table styles, and flip card styles – was removed to streamline the codebase.
A stylesheet update introduced new imports for columns.scss and flip_card.scss, alongside the addition of several new controllers: contactController, gitlabController, homepageController, projectController, registrationController, and rssController. These changes also adjusted the order of initialized controllers. Furthermore, project information displays were enhanced with styling – including a light gray background and rounded corners – while updating link behavior to open in new tabs with specific source parameters, and changing “More detailed changes” to “Changes in projects”.
Significant improvements were made to website analytics tracking. Server-Sent Events (SSE) are now utilized for real-time data updates regarding user location and visit frequency. Visibility change tracking captures session start times and durations when the browser tab becomes invisible. Cookie management ensures unique user identification via random strings if necessary, and general analytics data collection gathers comprehensive information about browser settings, URL parameters, and device type. All collected data is then sent to a designated tracking server via XMLHttpRequest.
Finally, system metrics gathering was implemented using Go’s metrics package, collecting data on memory usage, garbage collection cycles, goroutine counts, and object allocations/frees. This data is formatted and reported as a structured string for monitoring purposes.
These changes collectively contribute to improved user experience through enhanced form functionality, simplified codebase maintenance, more accurate website analytics, and increased system visibility.
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