What this book covers

Chapter 1, Splunk Web Framework Fundamentals, provides a high-level overview of the framework as well as discussing development environments and collaborating with development teams.

Chapter 2, Presenting Data to Users as a Splunk App, will introduce Splunk Apps and get you to use the Web Interface to create basic dashboards to present their data.

Chapter 3, Expand Your Apps Using Simple XML, expands you knowledge of Splunk App development by introducing Simple XML to manipulate the underlying dashboard code.

Chapter 4, Layouts, Navigation, and Menus, provides you with an overview of how to use Simple XML to control the layout of you dashboards as well as setting up a menu system for you Splunk App.

Chapter 5, Interacting with Your User While Speeding Up App Searches, discusses how to add features to your Simple XML code to allow your user to interact directly with their Splunk data.

Chapter 6, Moving from Simple XML to HTML, introduces HTML dashboards and provides an explanation of the HTML code that is generated as part of the Splunk dashboard.

Chapter 7, JavaScript Modules in Your HTML App, provides a discussion on how to work directly with JavaScript modules in your Splunk App to further enhance functionality.

Chapter 8, Utilizing CSS to Spice Up Visual Appeal, discusses working directly with CSS files to manipulate the look and feel of a dashboard and move away from the standard Splunk color scheme.

Chapter 9, Moving Your App off Splunk with SplunkJS, provides an in-depth introduction to using SplunkJS to create standalone web applications with the use of Splunk data.