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Ravina Deogadkar
Ravina Deogadkar

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The Most Underrated Tools Every Developer Must Know: Part 2

Hi everyone! Hope everything is well at your end. In my last part I have discussed about some of online tools for json converter to POJO classes. If you have not read it earlier you can find the link here .

Last time I have mentioned online tools today I am going to mention visual studio hacks and VS code extension to accomplish same task.

VS code extension

Json to JS convertor

What : This VS code extension converts JSON string into JS object.
How : Select JSON string and press Ctrl + Shift + J or press Ctrl + Shift + P and type Convert JSON into JS object.

JSON to JS extension

JSON to JS object

What : This VS code extension converts JSON string to JS object. It converts snake case keys to camel case keys while converting to object.
How : Select JSON string and press Ctrl + Shift + P and type JSON to JS object.

JSON to JS Object extension

Visual Studio

You can convert JSON string to C# POJO objects using an easy Visual studio hack.
What: Visual Studio provides a paste special option to convert JSON strings into C# POJO classes.
How: Copy JSON string and in visual studio open project or solution and then in Edit tab -> select Paste Special -> Paste JSON as Object.

Visual Studio Paste Special

Sample JSON string



{
  "student": {
    "name": "Test",
    "degree": "IT",
    "subjects": [{
        "name" : "Computer Science",
        "mark": 95
    },
    {
        "name" : "Maths",
        "mark": 98
    }]
  }
}


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And then once you click on Paste JSON as Object menu, the above JSON object is converted into class and pasted as classes in the file.



namespace ClassLibrary1
{
public class Rootobject
{
public Student student { get; set; }
}

public class Student
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public string degree { get; set; }
    public Subject[] subjects { get; set; }
}

public class Subject
{
    public string name { get; set; }
    public int mark { get; set; }
}
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}

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Visual Studio Tool

JSON to C# tool

What : This tool will convert JSON string to C# classes and also add JSONProperty Attribute to represent property when they are serialized to JSON.
How : Install JSON to C# tool and then from Tools menu -> JSON to C# menu -> Paste JSON string -> Generate
OR Copy Json data -> right click on project folder and Generate classes from JSON.

JSON to C# budget tool

That's all for today, Stay tuned for next time when I will discuss tools for JSON validation.

Happy Coding!...

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Frank Font

Nice! I will have to check that one out next time I'm crafting some jsons to consume in javascript.

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Ravina Deogadkar

Thank you!..