A small object to manage the integration of google analytics into a backbone application. It is meant to be simple and implementation agnostic. Depends on Underscore.js and Backbone.js. For more detailed documentation see the docs
<script src="/js/underscore.js"></script>
<script src="/js/backbone.js"></script>
<script src="/js/backbone.analytics.js"></script>
<script>
window.App = window.App || {};
window.App.ga = new Backbone.Analytics({code: 'UA-12345678-9'});
</script>
This object is meant to be simple and flexible so you can use it however works best for your needs and implementation. I prefer to extend the object and use it to write methods that contain my specific analytics integrations. However, you can also use it as is.
- setAccount: true
- initialPageview: true
- trackNavigate: true
- loadScript: true
- debug: false
Backbone.Analytics provides a few convience methods that wrap around common
google analytics objects and interactions including queue, push,
setAccount, trackPageview, trackEvent, trackSocial, and setCustomVar
Enabling debug mode will include the debug version of the google analytics
script instead of the standard script. This will log debug information
to the console. Enable debug mode by passing debug: true
Extending Backbone.Analytics can help you manage and maintain your domain specific analytics interactions in a single location.