Tony Pitale, Web Developer

User Goal Tracking in Rails with Vanity and Google Analytics


over 2 years ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
With the release of Vanity and the availability of the Google Analytics Data Export API, we now have two additional tools to further understand how users...

RubyConf 2009 Recap


over 2 years ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
I was one of the fortunate few able to snag a coveted ticket for RubyConf 2009. The conference was excellent. The talks were some of the most information-rich...

Google Analytics API with Ruby and Garb: Making it Even Easier


~2 years ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
Garb is now at 0.7.0! We’ve added many new features to make accessing Google Analytics even easier. Recently added features include: OAuth support, multiple...

Authentication in RailsAdmin with SimplestAuth


11 months ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
See how I added administration and authentication to Opower's new website using RailsAdmin and SimplestAuth, all before lunch. In the course...

Using Javascript postMessage to Talk to iFrames


11 months ago by Tony Pitale, Web Developer on Viget Extend : The Development Lab.
To javascript, iFrames are typically black boxes. Javascript now allows cross-document communication thanks to the postMessage function. Here's how I used...