Parcel plugin that allows developers to write json files as hjson
Hjson is a syntax extension to JSON. It's NOT a proposal to replace JSON or to incorporate it into the JSON spec itself. It's intended to be used like a user interface for humans, to read and edit before passing the JSON data to the machine. Source
npm install parcel-transformer-hjson --save-dev.parcelrc
{
"extends": "@parcel/config-default",
"transformers": {
"*.hjson": ["parcel-transformer-hjson"]
}
}example.hjson
{
// Live demo.
// Type either into the Hjson or JSON input
// to convert to the other format.
// Reload to reset.
# comments are useful
# specify rate in requests/second
"rate": 1000
// maybe you prefer js style comments
/* or if you feel old fashioned */
# key names do not need to be placed in quotes
key: "value"
# you don't need quotes for strings
text: look ma, no quotes!
# note that for quoteless strings everything up
# to the next line is part of the string!
# commas are optional
commas:
{
one: 1
two: 2
}
# trailing commas are allowed
trailing:
{
one: 1,
two: 2,
}
# multiline string
haiku:
'''
JSON I love you.
But you strangle my expression.
This is so much better.
'''
# Obviously you can always use standard JSON syntax as well:
favNumbers: [ 1, 2, 3, 6, 42 ]
}example.js
import example from './example.hjson';
console.log(example.rate); // 1000
console.log(example.key); // value
console.log(example.commas.one); // 1package.json
{
"scripts": {
"start": "parcel src/index.html",
"build": "parcel build src/index.html --dist-dir dist"
}
}