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· Alec Reimel  · 2 min read

ARDA Analytics — Browser Events & GTM Integration

ARDA Analytics — Browser Events & GTM Integration project illustration
//Technology
  • TypeScript & JavaScript: Browser analytics services
  • Google Tag Manager: Event forwarding
  • React: Demo and documentation interface
  • Jest: Browser-oriented test definitions
  • pnpm: Workspace management
//Project_Description

A browser analytics plugin with TypeScript services for campaign attribution, form tracking, user journey triggers, and Google Tag Manager event forwarding, plus a React demo site.

Connecting Website Interactions to Analytics

ARDA Analytics organizes browser tracking into reusable services rather than putting every event handler into one page script. Its public source includes campaign parameter capture, form integration, Google Tag Manager forwarding, and user journey triggers. The project also includes a React website for demonstrating events and presenting documentation.
Architecture diagram: browser events flow through AnalyticsService into the GTM data layer

Architecture and Implementation

The central AnalyticsService coordinates smaller modules for UTM parameters, form fields, GTM event pushes, and user journey tracking. This separation gives each concern a defined place in the code while keeping an integration entry point for the application using the plugin.

  • Campaign attribution captures UTM values and makes them available to form workflows.
  • Form helpers detect and add attribution fields, with a MutationObserver option for dynamically inserted forms.

  • Event forwarding writes a CustomEvent object and eventLabel to the GTM data layer.
  • Journey triggers run callbacks when configured event combinations occur, with options for one-time execution.

Explore the

orchestration service

and the

GTM event module

to see these boundaries in the source.

Validation and Integration Boundaries

The repository contains Jest tests for initialization, configuration changes, event pushes, click and form handling, and cleanup. These definitions document intended behavior; their presence alone does not establish that a particular release passes every test. A site adopting the plugin still needs to verify its own events, GTM configuration, and reporting destination.

The plugin forwards browser events; it does not replace an analytics reporting platform. Data collection and consent choices also belong to the integrating site. Performance and data quality should be measured in that site’s actual environment rather than inferred from the plugin’s architecture.

Review the

test definitions

and

project repository

.

What This Project Demonstrates

Browser API integration, modular TypeScript services, event-driven behavior, and a React interface for exploring developer-facing functionality. It connects frontend implementation with the practical needs of analytics integration.

Hiring for a role involving frontend applications or developer tools?

Get in touch

or see my

professional overview

.

  • analytics
  • google-tag-manager
  • javascript
  • typescript
  • plugin
  • web-development
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