Tools Reference Guide
A reference guide for every tool we use.
Verison Control
Github Dashboard
Link. See all of our repos.
Server Tools
Heroku
Link
Site hosting
AWS S3
Link. Hosting images and data backups.
Cloudfront
Link. Serves as a CDN for delivering image assets.
Zerigo
Link. Point the DNS to a Domain.
Iron.io
Link. Caching service. (Access through Heroku account).
Firebase
Link. Real time pairing of students for collaborative activities.
Analytics
Mixpanel
Link. Customized events tracking
Google Analytics
Link. General events tracking, better location tracking
Keen
Link. Turn key analytics and events tracking
Monitoring - All Access through Heroku Account
New Relic
Monitor lag spikes
Sentry
Reports errors on the site
Logentries
Reports errors, including timeout errors
AdeptScale
Automatically scales the number of dynos to handle peak load times
Link. Track the concurrent number of users on Empirical Core. Requires permission through Heroku.
Code Quality Checks
CodeClimate
Link. Automated code review.
Travis CI
Link. Continuous integration.
Gemnasium
Link. When our code needs up to be upgraded. https://gemnasium.com/empirical-org/Compass/alerts
Organization
Slack
Link. Chat, file sharing, collaboration
Google Drive
Link. File hosting and sharing
Contentify
Link. Collaboratively edit GitHub hosted markdown Files
Google Calendar
Link. Set meeting times
Google Hangouts
Link. Text and video chat
Streak
Link. Manage contact rolodexes and pipelines
Email Management
Grexit Shared Labels
Link. Collaborative email index
MailChimp
Link. Newsletter Signup Email.
MailGun
Link. Transactional Emails
Accounting
ZenPayroll
Link. Payroll Management
Xero
Link. Bookkeeping
Updated about 2 months ago