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Activity Logger

Activity Logger

Ibrahim_Alahmar

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Logs user sessions and file activities to a log file
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📋 Activity Logger

Activity Logger is a lightweight Visual Studio Code extension that automatically logs your coding session activities — including file edits, file switches, and script executions — into a human-readable log file saved to your system.


🚀 Features

  • Session Logging
    Records session start and end times with timestamps.

  • Edit Logging
    Logs edits to files, throttled to once every 10 seconds per file.

  • File Switch Detection
    Detects when you switch between different files in the editor.

  • Run Detection
    Detects when a supported file (e.g., .py, .js, .ts, .java, etc.) is run and logs execution status, output, and mode (normal/debug).

  • Open Log File Command
    Open the session log file directly in VS Code via the command palette.


📂 Log File Location

The log file is stored at: ~/Documents/Activity-Session-Log.txt


This file accumulates all activity logs across sessions.

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## 🛠️ Supported File Types for Execution Logging

The extension can detect and log run activity for the following file types:

- Python (`.py`)
- JavaScript (`.js`)
- TypeScript (`.ts`)
- Java (`.java`)
- C/C++ (`.c`, `.cpp`)
- Go (`.go`)
- Rust (`.rs`)
- Ruby (`.rb`)
- PHP (`.php`)
- Perl (`.pl`)

> Note: Actual file execution is attempted, so make sure interpreters/compilers are installed and available in your system PATH.

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## 📦 Installation

1. Clone or download this repository.
2. Run `npm install` to install dependencies.
3. Run `npm run compile` to build the extension.
4. Press `F5` in VS Code to launch a development window with the extension activated.

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## 📘 Usage

Once installed, the extension will:

- Start logging when VS Code finishes startup.
- Detect and log:
  - File switches.
  - Edits (once per 10 seconds per file).
  - File runs (via Save + match extension).
  - Debug session starts.

### 📂 Open the Log File

Open the Command Palette (`Ctrl+Shift+P` or `Cmd+Shift+P`), and run:

Session Logger: Open Session Log File


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## 🧱 Project Structure

src/ ├── extension.ts // Main activation file ├── runHandler.ts // Handles run detection and execution ├── switchHandler.ts // Tracks file switches ├── editHandler.ts // Handles document edits ├── utils.ts // Utility functions for logging and file operations


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## 📜 Sample Log Output

Session started at:2025/06/24 10:15:00 ibrahim has switched into the following file: /Users/ibrahim/project/app.py, at this time: 2025/06/24 10:15:10 Edit:/Users/ibrahim/project/app.py, Time: 2025/06/24 10:15:22 ibrahim ran file: /Users/ibrahim/project/app.py in normal mode with result: success at 2025/06/24 10:15:30 Session ended at:2025/06/24 10:45:00


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## ✅ Requirements

- Visual Studio Code `v1.74.0` or higher
- Node.js + NPM (for development)
- Supported language interpreters (Python, Node.js, etc.) installed locally

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## 🧑‍💻 Developer Notes

- You can add or remove supported file types in `runHandler.ts`.
- Logs are plain text and stored persistently between sessions.
- Modify the timeout and throttling behaviors as needed for performance tuning.

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## 📝 License

This extension is released under the [MIT License](https://github.com/DARKNESSPROF/codalyzer/blob/HEAD/LICENSE).

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## 🙌 Acknowledgements

Developed with ❤️ to help track coding activities and support productivity insights.

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## 📧 Contact

For questions or suggestions, feel free to reach out or submit issues on the repository.

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