December 2018 Summaries

Rollbar has introduced a variety of product improvements and new features throughout 2018, including an account dashboard for tracking error trends, a version monitoring feature, and an API for enhanced deployments. Official SDK releases for .NET, Golang, and React Native have been launched, alongside integrations with platforms like Clubhouse and Cisco Webex Teams, and tools like Jenkins and CircleCI. The company has also focused on compliance and user experience by implementing GDPR-related updates, enhancing notification settings, and improving user onboarding processes. Additionally, Rollbar has expanded its educational resources with new tutorials for various languages and frameworks, highlighting the importance of real-time error monitoring in improving software quality and encouraging users to explore their free trial to preemptively address bugs before they affect users.

Xamarin, built on the open-source Mono implementation of Microsoft's .NET Standard, simplifies cross-platform app development by allowing developers to use C# as a single language for iOS, Android, and Universal Windows apps. Addressing common issues like app crashes and performance problems, Xamarin offers native error handling through try/catch blocks and built-in hooks such as AppDomain.CurrentDomain.UnhandledException for unhandled exceptions. To enhance error monitoring, developers can integrate Rollbar, a service that provides real-time error tracking and debugging information, by installing its .NET SDK and configuring it with a server-side access token. This setup allows monitoring errors remotely, assigning error resolution tasks to team members, and viewing errors with detailed stack traces in Rollbar's interface. By employing these tools, developers can ensure better app performance, understand the impact of errors, and provide a smoother user experience across platforms.