build(analytics): add support for tracking npm installs

Since the very first npm install is called while node_modules is empty, we need to ignore it, but we can track
the start timestamp and record the install even once the installation is completed.

gulpfile.js

@@ -1317,5 +1317,6 @@ process.on('beforeExit', function() {
 });
 
 
-gulp.on('task_stop', (e) => { analytics.build('gulp ' + e.task, e.duration*1000)});
-gulp.on('task_err', (e) => { analytics.build('gulp ' + e.task + ' (errored)', e.duration*1000)});
+gulp.on('task_start', (e) => { analytics.buildStart('gulp ' + e.task)});
+gulp.on('task_stop', (e) => { analytics.buildSuccess('gulp ' + e.task, e.duration*1000)});
+gulp.on('task_err', (e) => { analytics.buildError('gulp ' + e.task, e.duration*1000)});

package.json

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/angular/angular.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "preinstall": "node tools/npm/check-node-modules --purge",
-    "postinstall": "node tools/npm/copy-npm-shrinkwrap && node tools/chromedriverpatch.js && webdriver-manager update && bower install && gulp pubget.dart && tsd reinstall --overwrite --clean --config modules/angular2/tsd.json && tsd reinstall --overwrite --clean --config tools/tsd.json && tsd reinstall --overwrite --config modules/angular1_router/tsd.json",
+    "preinstall": "node tools/analytics/build-analytics start install npm-install; node tools/analytics/build-analytics start install npm-preinstall; node tools/npm/check-node-modules --purge; node tools/analytics/build-analytics success install npm-preinstall; node tools/analytics/build-analytics start install npm-install-net",
+    "postinstall": "node tools/analytics/build-analytics success install npm-install-net; node tools/analytics/build-analytics start install npm-postinstall; node tools/npm/copy-npm-shrinkwrap && node tools/chromedriverpatch.js && webdriver-manager update && bower install && gulp pubget.dart && tsd reinstall --overwrite --clean --config modules/angular2/tsd.json && tsd reinstall --overwrite --clean --config tools/tsd.json && tsd reinstall --overwrite --config modules/angular1_router/tsd.json; node tools/analytics/build-analytics success install npm-postinstall; node tools/analytics/build-analytics success install npm-install",
     "test": "gulp test.all.js && gulp test.all.dart"
   },
   "dependencies": {

tools/analytics/analytics.js

@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ let execSync = require('child_process').execSync;
 let fs = require('fs');
 let path = require('path');
 let os = require('os');
-let ua = require('universal-analytics');
+let ua;
+
+try {
+  ua = require('universal-analytics');
+} catch(e) {
+  // ignore errors due to invoking analytics before the first npm install
+}
 
 const analyticsFile = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '.build-analytics'));
 const analyticsId = "UA-8594346-17"; // Owned by the Angular account
@@ -16,15 +22,16 @@ const analyticsOptions = {
 let cid = fs.existsSync(analyticsFile) ? fs.readFileSync(analyticsFile, 'utf-8') : null;
 let visitor;
 
-if (cid) {
+if (ua) {
+  if (cid) {
     visitor = ua(analyticsId, cid, analyticsOptions);
-} else {
+  } else {
     visitor = ua(analyticsId, analyticsOptions);
     cid = visitor.cid;
     fs.writeFileSync(analyticsFile, cid, 'utf-8');
+  }
 }
 
-
 // https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/protocol/v1/parameters
 let customParams = {
   // OS Platform (darwin, win32, linux)
@@ -80,28 +87,74 @@ function getDartVersion() {
 }
 
 
+function recordEvent(eventType, actionCategory, actionName, duration) {
+  // if universal-analytics is not yet installed, don't bother doing anything (e.g. when tracking initial npm install)
+  // build-analytics will however store the starting timestamp, so at least we can record the success/error event with duration
+  if (!ua) return;
+
+  if (duration) {
+    duration = Math.round(duration);
+  }
+
+  switch (eventType) {
+    case 'start':
+      visitor.
+        event(actionCategory, actionName + ' (start)', 'testLabel', null, customParams).
+        send();
+      break;
+    case 'success':
+      visitor.
+        event(actionCategory, actionName, 'testLabel', duration, customParams).
+        timing(actionCategory, actionName, duration, customParams).
+        send();
+      break;
+    case 'error':
+      visitor.
+        event(actionCategory, actionName + ' (errored)', 'testLabel', duration, customParams).
+        timing(actionCategory, actionName, duration, customParams).
+        send();
+      break;
+    default:
+      throw new Error(`unknown event type "${eventType}"`);
+  }
+}
+
+
 module.exports = {
-  install: (actionName, duration) => {
-    duration = Math.round(duration);
-    visitor.
-      event('install', actionName, 'testLabel', duration, customParams).
-      timing('install', actionName, duration, customParams).
-      send();
+
+  installStart: (actionName) => {
+    recordEvent('start', 'install', actionName);
   },
 
-  build: (actionName, duration) => {
-    duration = Math.round(duration);
-    visitor.
-      event('build', actionName, 'testLabel', duration, customParams).
-      timing('build', actionName, duration, customParams).
-      send();
+  installSuccess: (actionName, duration) => {
+    recordEvent('success', 'install', actionName, duration);
   },
 
-  test: (actionName, duration) => {
-    duration = Math.round(duration);
-    visitor.
-      event('test', actionName, 'testLabel', duration, customParams).
-      timing('test', actionName, duration, customParams).
-      send();
+  installError: (actionName, duration) => {
+    recordEvent('error', 'install', actionName, duration);
+  },
+
+  buildStart: (actionName) => {
+    recordEvent('start', 'build', actionName);
+  },
+
+  buildSuccess: (actionName, duration) => {
+    recordEvent('success', 'build', actionName, duration);
+  },
+
+  buildError: (actionName, duration) => {
+    recordEvent('error', 'build', actionName, duration);
+  },
+
+  ciStart: (actionName) => {
+    recordEvent('start', 'ci', actionName);
+  },
+
+  ciSuccess: (actionName, duration) => {
+    recordEvent('success', 'ci', actionName, duration);
+  },
+
+  ciError: (actionName, duration) => {
+    recordEvent('success', 'ci', actionName, duration);
   }
 };

tools/analytics/build-analytics

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+
+'use strict';
+
+
+var analytics = require('./analytics');
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+
+var eventType = process.argv[2];
+var actionCategory = process.argv[3];
+var actionName = process.argv[4];
+
+
+if (!analytics[actionCategory + 'Start']) {
+  throw new Error('Unknown build-analytics actionCategory "' + actionCategory + '"');
+}
+
+if (eventType != 'start' && eventType != 'success' && eventType != 'error') {
+  throw new Error('Unknown build-analytics eventType "' + eventType + '"');
+}
+
+
+var startTimestampFilePath = path.resolve(path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', 'tmp', 'analytics', actionCategory + '-' + actionName));
+var analyticsDirPath = path.dirname(startTimestampFilePath);
+var tmpDirPath = path.dirname(analyticsDirPath);
+
+
+if (!fs.existsSync(tmpDirPath)) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(tmpDirPath);
+}
+if (!fs.existsSync(analyticsDirPath)) {
+  fs.mkdirSync(analyticsDirPath);
+}
+
+
+switch (eventType) {
+  case 'start':
+    analytics[actionCategory + 'Start'](actionName);
+    fs.writeFileSync(startTimestampFilePath, Date.now(), 'utf-8');
+    break;
+  case 'success':
+    var startTime = fs.readFileSync(startTimestampFilePath, 'utf-8');
+    analytics[actionCategory + 'Success'](actionName, Date.now() - startTime);
+    fs.unlinkSync(startTimestampFilePath);
+    break;
+  case 'error':
+    var startTime = fs.readFileSync(startTimestampFilePath, 'utf-8');
+    analytics[actionCategory + 'Error'](actionName, Date.now() - startTime);
+    fs.unlinkSync(startTimestampFilePath);
+}