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## BigWig: A better Erlang webtool (spawnfest entry)

DevFeed: [BigWig: A better Erlang webtool (spawnfest entry)](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bigwig-a-better-erlang-webtool-spawnfest-entry-25817.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.metabrew.com/article/bigwig-erlang-webtool-spawnfest>)

Author: {"image"=\>"rj-headshot.jpg", "greetings"=\>nil}

Published: 2011-07-11T05:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Richard Jones](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/richard-jones.md>)

Topics: [Erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/erlang.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [WebSocket](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/websocket.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [appmon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/appmon.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [erlang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/erlang.md>), [etop](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/etop.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [processes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/processes.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [realtime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/realtime.md>), [sasl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sasl.md>), [spawnfest](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/spawnfest.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>), [webtool](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/webtool.md>)

### AI overview

The article describes BigWig, a web-based suite of Erlang tools created during Spawnfest. It presents process inspection, process information, application hierarchy exploration, SASL report browsing, and VM dashboards, using Cowboy and WebSockets; some parts were unfinished.

### Source excerpt

This weekend, Steve, Hunter, Paul and I took part in Spawnfest, a 48-hour Erlang programming event.