Replay Actions

[ccorcos]

it would be great if we could import an array of actions to pull up a slider and replay the app. the states should be reproducible and this way, we could save tracking data thats captured from elsewhere and replay exactly what happened.

I was poking around and it looks like we'd need to add something here:

https://github.com/zalmoxisus/redux-devtools-extension/blob/master/src/app/api/importState.js

but im not sure how it would really work. I think we just want to reset the app, then dispatch all the actions in a row to generate the states. then we can go straight into the replay mode... what do you think?

[zalmoxisus]

Actions are already replayed (states are recomputed), so it should be easy to implement. It would be indeed useful, if you could send a PR here. We could just add this implementation if Array.isArray(nextLiftedState) for IMPORT_STATE action, then there's no need to change anything on the extension's side. Also please add tests.

Just curious form where you export an array of actions?

[ccorcos]

I created some middleware that sends all user actions to elasticsearch so we can do user analytics. I can query for a session, export all the redux actions into an array, checkout the proper release of the application, and replay the user's experience. :)

[ccorcos]

I'll get on that PR soon. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction :)

[zalmoxisus]

Hey @ccorcos,

Did you have a chance to check if that works? Those changes should be merged in the extension last week.

[ccorcos]

Not yet -- will do soon though.

[zalmoxisus]

@ccorcos, BTW, @timarney already tried it and even implemented in a lib.