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Show HN: Derulo, a tool for manipulating JSON files

41 points by lavelle 12y ago

Kip9000 12y ago
oh no you didn't..
- StavrosK 12y ago
  He did, and I like it.
evertonfuller 12y ago
This is the funnest thing I've seen in weeks in regards to tech. Nice job. And looks like a nice tool too.
- dm2 12y ago
  Why is everyone saying this is funny? I don't get it.
  - sethhochberg 12y ago
    Jason Derulo is a successful pop musician right now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Derulo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Derulo The wordplay is Jason -> JSON.
  - wtetzner 12y ago
    He actually said it's the funnest, not funniest. I'm not sure which he meant though.
joelrunyon 12y ago
I'm not a developer - but this is funny.
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rane 12y ago
How are you supposed to exit the REPL? I end up with empty braces in the file. ~ ❯❯❯ derulo hello Entering Derulo interactive JSON builder. prompt: key: foo prompt: value: bar prompt: key: % ~ ❯❯❯ cat hello.json {}%
- lavelle 12y ago
  Yeah, as a quick hack I made it so typing 'end' for a key or value exits it. This is obviously a valid key or value though, so something else is needed. Maybe some control sequence would work? Not sure how you handle those in Node.
  - lavelle 12y ago
    Fixed now. Just type Ctrl-C. Thanks for the report.
    - rane 12y ago
      How about Ctrl-D as well. Probably makes a bit more sense.
      - nailer 12y ago
        +1, Ctrl D is interrupt, and bash, node, python, etc. use it to quit.
        lavelle 12y ago
        I think I'll keep Ctrl+D for quitting the whole program, Ctrl+C for just finishing the REPL and going to the save/discard prompt.
frankblizzard 12y ago
please add a feature to re-order properties alphabetically, that would be super useful. derulo package wiggle ;)
farmdve 12y ago
If Jason Derulo finds out about this, he might sue :P There was an instance with Kanye West and the altcoin Coineye which he destroyed.
- lavelle 12y ago
  I love the idea of Jason Derulo becoming aware of the existence of a Node.js module.
christiangenco 12y ago
The name is funny, but after a minute of clicking around the repo I'm still not sure what this actually does. The linked help text for your `Usage Examples` isn't very helpful either. How about an animated gif of you... adding multiple key-value pairs to be written to the file?
- lavelle 12y ago
  Nice idea. That could definitely explain things faster than a description of it. I'll make one this afternoon.
  - predius 12y ago
    Understood immediately when I saw it, thanks to that!
gabebw 12y ago
If you need a JSON "API" to test it against, may I suggest derulo.json: http://gabebw.com/derulo.json http://gabebw.com/derulo.json
guru1206 12y ago
hahahahhahahahaha

41 points by lavelle 12y ago

Kip9000 12y ago

oh no you didn't..

StavrosK 12y ago
He did, and I like it.

evertonfuller 12y ago

This is the funnest thing I've seen in weeks in regards to tech. Nice job. And looks like a nice tool too.

dm2 12y ago
Why is everyone saying this is funny? I don't get it.
- sethhochberg 12y ago
  Jason Derulo is a successful pop musician right now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Derulo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Derulo The wordplay is Jason -> JSON.
- wtetzner 12y ago
  He actually said it's the funnest, not funniest. I'm not sure which he meant though.

joelrunyon 12y ago

I'm not a developer - but this is funny.

deleted 12y ago

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rane 12y ago

How are you supposed to exit the REPL? I end up with empty braces in the file. ~ ❯❯❯ derulo hello Entering Derulo interactive JSON builder. prompt: key: foo prompt: value: bar prompt: key: % ~ ❯❯❯ cat hello.json {}%

lavelle 12y ago
Yeah, as a quick hack I made it so typing 'end' for a key or value exits it. This is obviously a valid key or value though, so something else is needed. Maybe some control sequence would work? Not sure how you handle those in Node.
- lavelle 12y ago
  Fixed now. Just type Ctrl-C. Thanks for the report.
  - rane 12y ago
    How about Ctrl-D as well. Probably makes a bit more sense.
    - nailer 12y ago
      +1, Ctrl D is interrupt, and bash, node, python, etc. use it to quit.
      - lavelle 12y ago
        I think I'll keep Ctrl+D for quitting the whole program, Ctrl+C for just finishing the REPL and going to the save/discard prompt.

frankblizzard 12y ago

please add a feature to re-order properties alphabetically, that would be super useful. derulo package wiggle ;)

farmdve 12y ago

If Jason Derulo finds out about this, he might sue :P There was an instance with Kanye West and the altcoin Coineye which he destroyed.

lavelle 12y ago
I love the idea of Jason Derulo becoming aware of the existence of a Node.js module.

christiangenco 12y ago

The name is funny, but after a minute of clicking around the repo I'm still not sure what this actually does. The linked help text for your `Usage Examples` isn't very helpful either. How about an animated gif of you... adding multiple key-value pairs to be written to the file?

lavelle 12y ago
Nice idea. That could definitely explain things faster than a description of it. I'll make one this afternoon.
- predius 12y ago
  Understood immediately when I saw it, thanks to that!

gabebw 12y ago

If you need a JSON "API" to test it against, may I suggest derulo.json: http://gabebw.com/derulo.json http://gabebw.com/derulo.json

guru1206 12y ago

hahahahhahahahaha