Distributed Tracing

Follow this tutorial to set up Sentry for a sample fullstack JavaScript application. By the end, you'll be able to use distributed tracing.

This step-by-step tutorial walks you through setting up Sentry in a React project to monitor errors in a frontend application. After completing this tutorial you'll be able to trace the source and impact of your issues across projects and platforms.

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This tutorial uses a sample React application on the frontend as well as a sample Node/Express API as the backend. Some familiarity with JavaScript will help you follow along, you can also follow along with the provided sample code or apply the same steps to your own project.

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