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NestJS Tracing | Open Telemetry & Honeycomb

14m 10s
English
Paid
Updated September 2026

NestJS Tracing | Open Telemetry & Honeycomb is a 1-lesson 14 minutes self-paced course by Michael Guay. Trace and Optimize a NestJS Application This lesson shows how to find out exactly where time goes during a request in a NestJS application, using OpenTelemetry to capture the data and Honeycomb to make sense of it.

Course facts

Lessons
1
Duration
14 minutes
Level
All levels
Language
English
Updated
2026-09-11
Instructor
Michael Guay
Price
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Trace and Optimize a NestJS Application

This lesson shows how to find out exactly where time goes during a request in a NestJS application, using OpenTelemetry to capture the data and Honeycomb to make sense of it.

The Tools

OpenTelemetry is a set of tools, APIs, and SDKs for instrumenting an application and exporting its traces, metrics, and logs. Honeycomb takes that telemetry and turns it into a visual, queryable picture of how the application behaves under different conditions.

How It Comes Together

  • Install the OpenTelemetry core package and the plugins your environment needs
  • Configure OpenTelemetry providers and instrument your NestJS code
  • Set up an exporter that sends trace data to Honeycomb

With tracing in place, you use the resulting data to pinpoint where requests slow down and make targeted changes that cut latency and improve throughput.

Additional

https://github.com/mguay22/nestjs-tracing

Who teaches NestJS Tracing | Open Telemetry & Honeycomb? Michael Guay

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Michael Guay is a US software engineer and prolific independent instructor publishing course material on the .NET / C# stack and the modern web frameworks adjacent to it.

The course catalog covers C# and .NET fundamentals, ASP.NET Core for back-end development, Entity Framework for data access, Blazor for full-stack C# web applications, plus the surrounding tooling and deployment patterns. The teaching style is patient and project-oriented, with each course typically building a working application end-to-end.

The CourseFlix listing under this source carries over 20 Michael Guay courses spanning that range. Material is paid and aimed at developers picking up the .NET stack or extending their existing .NET experience into newer parts of the platform.

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Frequently asked questions

What prerequisites are needed for this course?
Before enrolling, you should have a basic understanding of NestJS and JavaScript. Familiarity with API development and performance monitoring concepts will also be beneficial. The course focuses on integrating OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb with NestJS, which assumes knowledge of how to configure and deploy a NestJS application.
What will I build or achieve by the end of this course?
By the end of the course, you will have set up tracing in a NestJS application using OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb. This involves configuring modules to capture and export traces, which will enable you to monitor performance, analyze bottlenecks, and debug slow API requests effectively.
Who is the target audience for the course?
The course is designed for developers who are experienced with NestJS and are looking to enhance their application's performance monitoring capabilities. It's particularly useful for those interested in implementing telemetry to gain insights into how their applications perform under various conditions.
How does this course's depth and scope compare to similar offerings?
This course specifically focuses on tracing in NestJS applications using OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb. Unlike broader courses on telemetry, this lesson is narrowly tailored to cover the integration and configuration of these tools within the NestJS framework, providing targeted insights into performance optimization.
What specific tools or platforms are covered in the course?
The course covers the integration of OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb with NestJS applications. It includes steps to install necessary packages, configure the environment, and use these tools to monitor and analyze application performance.
What topics are NOT covered in this course?
The course does not cover the basics of NestJS or general JavaScript programming. It also doesn't delve into other performance monitoring tools outside of OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb, or broader deployment practices unrelated to tracing.
How much time should I commit to complete the course?
The course consists of a single lesson. While the runtime is not specified, you should allocate time to set up and configure OpenTelemetry and Honeycomb within a NestJS application, which can vary depending on your familiarity with the tools.