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Well apparently everyone thinks this is awesome, so I'll be that guy who is helpful but everybody ignores: There is no point to it, what are you trying to achie
by Meai 14y ago
Well apparently everyone thinks this is awesome, so I'll be that guy who is helpful but everybody ignores:
There is no point to it, what are you trying to achieve? Make JSON more readable? It's debatable that you achieved it with this, formatting JSON can be done already on jslint.com and the only feature you add is some color.
Is the collapsing JSON your main feature? Well it is bad. It's hard to click on. There is no way to collapse multiple fields quickly.
Oh and if I change or add fields on the right, they don't get reflected on the left. So I can't even get the modified JSON back out.
Frankly I think it's amazing how useless this actually is.
- niyazpk 14y agoI had the same feeling a few hours ago when I saw this first, but now I when I think about it, it looks mildly useful. There are a few cases in our company where designers need to provide developers with JSON (for whatever reason) and this tool will help them to edit JSONs without worrying about screwing up the syntax. BTW you can copy the changes in either section by clicking the arrow between the two sections.
- cjfont 14y agoOh and if I change or add fields on the right, they don't get reflected on the left. So I can't even get the modified JSON back out. I'm not sure what you're talking about, when I click the triangle pointing left in the middle, it does in fact convert back to JSON. To me this is extremely useful on a web app as an easy way to allow for non-coders to modify JSON-backed settings and not have to worry about formatting commas, quotes, or curly braces. Sure, maybe there's room for improvement, but I think the concept definitely has its place and is far from useless.