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SHOW HN2013

25points
10comments
#890of 1,739 in 2013
Top 52%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project

0 positive, 0 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 4 critical, out of 4 comments about the project.

Design: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • May have some appeal

    From 1 comment
    • This may have some appeal, though I much prefer this implementation [1][2] even if it might be less accessible [1] http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ [2]…
      lttlrck on HN

Objections

  • Overlapping conventions: '=' used as separator instead of ':'

    From 1 comment
    • It seems like there are overlapping conventions. "null" means null but => is the separator instead of :
      hayksaakian on HN
  • Cannot specify field types; numeric-looking strings get converted to integers

    From 1 comment
    • There should be some way to specify the type of a field, for example if someone wants to input the string "false" or "true". Also a phone number such as "+00334561111789" would…
      laurent123456 on HN
  • Tree-style editing makes duplicating and moving objects hard

    From 1 comment
    • With this kind of editors you loose simplicity. How can you duplicate one of the objects to make another object? How can you move something in a tree? It just doesn't work for me.
      message on HN

Requests

  • Ability to create arrays

    From 2 comments
    • How do I create an array?
      saraid216 on HN
    • Hi saraid216, That's not possible at the moment - the current implementation tries to match like with like. One of my worries with this project is that JSON is so configurable,…
      kevinburke on HN
  • Way to specify field type

    From 1 comment
    • There should be some way to specify the type of a field, for example if someone wants to input the string "false" or "true". Also a phone number such as "+00334561111789" would…
      laurent123456 on HN

Questions

  • How do I create an array?

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • jsoneditoronline.org

    From 1 comment
    • This may have some appeal, though I much prefer this implementation [1][2] even if it might be less accessible [1] http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ [2]…
      lttlrck on HN
  • jsoneditor on GitHub (josdejong)

    From 1 comment
    • This may have some appeal, though I much prefer this implementation [1][2] even if it might be less accessible [1] http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/ [2]…
      lttlrck on HN
  • json.parser.online.fr

    From 1 comment
    • I would add also this http://json.parser.online.fr/ to the discussion, quite useful and nice too.
      ccozan on HN
  • jsonviewer.stack.hu

    From 1 comment
    • I prefer this kind of visualization: http://jsonviewer.stack.hu/
      rithi on HN

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