[ale] write to stderr via javascript?

[Geoffrey]

Atlanta Geek wrote:
> Well Im not an expert on javascript but I think every browser has a
> built in javascript console.  A browser generation ago I could see it
> with "javascript:" in the location bar.  It seems to stop working in
> my firefox 3.x browser.
> 
> Anyway the point is is that I think every browser has a built-in
> console thus not requiring your users to install a add-on or plugin.
> When a problem occurs you can have the the user write to that.
> 
> On a side note if you want to get a little more complicated you could
> have the javascript make ajax/http calls
> back to the server to log errors.

This is what I want to do.  I want the errors/warnings/info to show up 
on the server so I can view it.  I don't want to have the user pull up 
the error console.

> 
> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Geoffrey<lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>> Richard Bronosky wrote:
>>> On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:35 AM, Geoffrey<lists at serioustechnology.com> wrote:
>>>> Matt Rideout wrote:
>>>>> What are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to have the client
>>>>> trigger something that logs to stderr on the server side?
>>>> Unfortunately, yes.
>>> Well, that's easy then, but not likely to be useful. You could use
>>> AJAX methodology to access an API that you could create that writes to
>>> /dev/stderr. But, stderr,  like stdin or stdout is process specific.
>>> Since your web server is likely to be running as a daemon, I don't
>>> know that you would ever know that the write happened.
>>>
>>> Why not take a step back and instead of trying to get help
>>> implementing your chosen solution, let us help you with your existing
>>> problem. Can you tell us more about the problem you are trying to
>>> solve? Since this is now a server side issue, can you tell us what
>>> languages/frameworks you have at your disposal? (eg. PHP,
>>> Python/Django, Ruby/Rails, ASP/GunInMouth, etc.)
>> What I'm trying to do is log problems with javascript code somewhere so
>> that I can see what the problem is.  Grant it, for testing purposes, I
>> can see write to the error console, but that doesn't do me any good when
>> a user runs into a problem.
>>
>> --
>> Until later, Geoffrey
>>
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Until later, Geoffrey

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little
temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
  - Benjamin Franklin