Build a Real-time Log Dashboard with Node and Express

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Build a Real-time Log Dashboard with Node and Express

Build a simple, real-time log dashboard web application using Node, Express, and WebSockets. By building this application, you will gain experience using Node's file system API for reading and writing files. WebSockets for real-time file updates, and Express for generating web pages.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Mar 05, 2025

Duration

57m

Challenge

Configuring Websockets on the server

Configure the WebSockets server. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module2-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module2-solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Add a WebSocket-based log viewer window

Add a WebSocket-based log viewer window. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module3-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module3-solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Displaying a log file in real time

Using a hard coded file path for the generated log file, display the log file in the log viewer window. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module4-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module4-solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Selecting a log file

Implement the file browser feature in order to select a log file dynamically. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module5-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module5-solution to switch branches.
Challenge

Adding settings and configuration

Implement the settings feature and add support for a log filter and default directory. ### Solution To view the solution, run git diff origin/master..module6-solution in the Terminal, and press Enter to see the next lines of the difference.

You may also browse the files of the solution by stashing your changes with git stash and running git checkout module6-solution to switch branches.

About the author

Tyler Griffiths

Tyler Griffiths is a software developer at Digicert where he builds asynchronous microservices using Java, Spring, Cassandra and Kafka. He loves all things that live on the JVM.

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