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JavaScript Node.js Basics (2014) Building a Command Line Application Parsing JSON

Posted by Iain Simmons
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 Points

Viewing JSON data in the browser - recommended add-ons/extensions

Up until I watched this video, I was using the Chrome extension JSONView to automatically 'pretty print' JSON when opened in Chrome. It's certainly quicker than copying and pasting into another website to 'prettify' it.

I thought I'd look around and see what else was out there and found JSON Formatter, which has a much nicer look.

For those using Firefox, JSONView is available as a Firefox add-on.

Anyone using anything else, or have a preferred method of viewing JSON data?

Clifford Fajardo
Clifford Fajardo
13,127 Points

This Chrome extensions called JSON Viewer does the same thing, and it has syntax highlighting available. I have my prettified JSON displaying in Monokai =).

2 Answers

Nicholas Hebb
Nicholas Hebb
18,872 Points
Nicholas Hebb
Nicholas Hebb
18,872 Points

In Chrome you can use console.table(jsonObject). It works with arrays as well.