• Get key JSON Schema features in Visual Studio with the JSONBuddy Extension. Format JSON, validate schemas, generate HTML documentaion, and use the unique Schema Analyzer.
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• JSON Schema testing: A tool for collecting schema definition coverage has been added.
• With one click, a summary is created showing which parts of the used schemas are checked by the test data.

• Added a new feature: JSON Schema testing tool.
• This tool allows you to validate your JSON Schemas against any number of JSON test data files.
• Set a reference result and compare ongoing tests to check for consistency and correctness.

• New JSON Schema debugger pane:
• Inspect validation paths and the current dynamic scope ($dynamicRef resolution).
• Bug fixing.

• Full JSON Schema draft 2020-12 support.
• JSON Schema validation profiling (validation hits, time, time/hit)
• High DPI user-interface scaling.

• JSONBuddy Desktop application: Constant memory usage and full streaming mode for pretty-print, remove whitespace and check JSON well-formed when started from the built-in File Explorer window.
• Large Data edition: Using full streaming mode loading JSON instance data for JSON Schema validation.
• Console (CLI): Switching to full file streaming and constant memory usage for JSON pretty-print option.
• Improved JSON to CSV conversion process removing size limitations for JSON input and generated output.

• Streaming JSON Schema validator available in Large Data edition.
• Command-line tool (CLI) for large JSON data validation as batch and server tasks.
• Improvements to JSONPointer evaluator pane with additional support for big JSON.

• New JSON Schema debugger. See in detail how your JSON data is validated.
• Copy JSONPath from current location in Text and Grid view.
• Background JSON validator performance optimizations.
• Usability improvements.

• User-interface can be switched between dark and light mode.

• Full support for JSON schema draft 2019-09
• Configure and use JSON schema pools for validation.
• Option to show validation messages as inline annotations in text view.
• Improved entry-helper for JSONPointer evaluation window.
• Enabled ISO-8859-15 encoding on reading XML content.

• Increased conformance to JSON schema draft-7 specification based on official test suite. Passing 765 of 766 test cases.
• JSON schema validator performance optimizations.
• JSON pretty-print for huge files. Format JSON data of almost any size.
• Improvements to performance and memory consumption for XML to JSON and JSON to CSV conversions.

• Easy to use JSON editor with full JSON schema support.
• For everyone who needs to create error free JSON data in a simple way.

• Instant fixes: Get automatic patches for instance data based on JSON schema validation.
• Improved handling of JSON files with UCS-2/UTF-16 encoding and new indicator to show detect character set at the status line.
• New option to minify JSON output after conversion from XML data to reduce size for large data.
• Design changes for Results pane to increase readability.
• JSON validator: Additional error information if no oneOf sub-schema is valid.
• New JSON schemas are now created with a draft-7 reference.
• Command-line tool with new options for the JSON schema linter and to minify and pretty-print JSON data.
• The command-line tool can load license details from license.json in the same folder.

• Full support for JSON schema draft 7.
• Validation of draft 7 JSON schema formats "relative-json-pointer", "date" and "time".
• JSON schema refactoring: Take JSON (sub)schema and generate definition with link as $ref.
  Use the new "Convert current (sub)schema to $ref" command from the JSON menu.
• Brace matching for JSON content (use keyboard shortcut from Customize dialog).
• Huge performance increase on loading large data in Grid view.
• Faster Find operation in Grid view and for large files.
• Enabled editing of huge text buffers with no line-endings in Plus edition.
• Large files: Preserve any BOM character for UTF-8 and UTF-16 encodings.
• Large files: New "Cancel editing" button to revert current changes to buffer.
• Large files: Enabled show whitespace and line-ending options.
• "Goto line" dialog has a new field to set target position.
• Minor updates to the user-interface design.

• In JSON schema documents, $ref keyword values are displayed as links and can be clicked to jump to target location.
• Adding closing (and opening) brackets on inserting JSON objects and arrays in text mode.
• The command-line tool can now validate one or multiple JSON files against a JSON schema.
• Support for JSONPatch operations: Apply modifications using JSONPatch operations directly in the editor and using the command-line tool to any number of JSON documents.
• Improved entry-helper information from schema for JSON data.
• Rewriting of JSON to CSV conversion functionality. Updates to "JSON to CSV" dialog.
• Options to toggle on and off some background tasks to keep editing performance for very large JSON data.
• Restore BOM on saving.
• Improved handling of JSONPointers. Fixed some issues related to pointers as Uri fragment and escaping characters (/, ~).
• Installers: No need for elevation to administration level anymore on running installation.

• A JSON schema is automatically generated for any JSON document.
• Greatly improved performance problems on editing/scrolling for large JSON data in the editor.
• More context related info text from JSON schema.
• Inline validation indicators are updated on editing JSON schema and assigned instance data side-by-side.
• Generate JSON schema from document.
  Open generated schema with the "Open assigned schema" command.
• Convert JSON data to new document with pointer/value pairs as CSV text.
• Improved JSON pretty-print: Compact JSON array formatting for short array content.
  Don't put arrays with long string values on one line.
• Start with a new blank document in the editor if no document was openend on startup.
• New UI: Remove tabs and move "File Explorer" and "Reports" to docking control bars.
  JSONBuddy starts in the full editor environment.
• Enabled auto-completion for JSON pointer evaluation window.
• Support for custom "format" definitions in JSON validator
  Two new commands to open and reload configuration file for custom "format" definitions for JSON validator.
• "File | Save all" command in File menu.
• Refactor JSON data in the editor:
  New command to surround current JSON selection or whole document with array if possible

• Enhanced JSON schema info from schema context feature
• Always use built-in JSON validator (even if Java is available)
• Improved Elements pane. Info string about JSON schema part origin (for example base, anyOf, oneOf...) in Elements pane
• Restore selection again after doing JSON pretty-print based on current JSONPointer location.
• Validate JSON instance immediately in background if assigned JSON schema changes in editor.
• New commands and keyboard shortcuts for "Navigate Backward" and "Navigate Forward" feature.
• Full support for JSON schema draft 6.
• Load JSON schema draft 6 from installation folder as example.
• JSON to CSV conversion: increase limit of JSON input size to 1 GB (from 500 MB)

• JSON schema validator: use built-in validator if Java is not loaded.
• Batch validation will always use own built-in JSON schema validator.
• Enabled entry-helper (suggestions) for JSON enum values from assigned schema.
• Show entry-helper in text view for integral types in JSON schema enums on editing an instance.
• JSON schema analyzer: report schema keywords as ignored if at same level as $ref.
• Run built-in JSON validator as background thread. Show validation errors as indicators and markers in text view.
• Dialog to open JSON schema from library (schemastore.org) has check-box to create a JSON instance.
• Option to use spaces instead of tabs on inserting indentation in text view.
• Added JSON pointer location in schema to error details.
• Improved usability: Remember state for JSON to CSV conversion dialog.
• Added "Convert JSON to CSV" command also to built-in File Explorer context menu.
• Usability: Show progress dialog on doing XML to JSON conversion in application.
• JSON pretty-print command is now also enabled for built-in File Explorer window and allows to run pretty-print directly on disk.
• Added progress reporting to CSV to JSON dialog.
• Support for array elements on converting from JSON data to CSV.
• Bugfix: Replace curly quotes if target encoding for CSV doesn't support them.
• Add root <JSON> element if JSON input starts with a top-level array for JSON to XML conversions.
• Support large file size limit setting also for JSONBuddy.
• JSON to CSV conversions: provide progress report in status line.
• CSV conversions: Large files are no longer opened as documents but can be saved to disk instead.

• Check if a $schema keyword is present on loading a JSON document and set "Is JSON schema" flag if not already set.
• JSON sample data generation: take draft 6 "examples" keyword to fill array elements if present.
• Filter buttons on results pane to show/hide errors, warnings or messages
  Show number of errors, warnings and messages in results pane toolbar.
• JSON schema analyzer:
  Report multiple definitions and better detection of schema branches. Report definitions which are not referenced in local schema. Added check for ambiguous schema nodes at a single level (fields are not checked). Additional checks for multiple field defintions and contradictorily field values.
• Find operation for large files: Performance increase for search operation.
• Added sample text area to properties page on setting text colors.
• Extended color settings for text view with new page on settings dialog
  Highlighting of line with caret.

• Detect and set lexer also for files opened in large file view.
• Set JSON schema (draft 4) as grammar for JSON documents set as JSON schema (by user).
• Adding JSON schema draft 4 file to installer and set path in settings.
• Show full JSON schema specification text as help text in Schema info window.
• Command to create document directly from generated JSON sample data from schema.
• Improved auto-indentation in text view.
• Support cycle through open documents using Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab.
• Generate JSON sample data from schema in own thread.
• Support XML to JSON conversion from batch (command-line).
• Show generated JSON sample data from schema in Preview window as text.

• New test for unique property names on running JSON well-formed syntax check.
• New command and dialog to open JSON schema directly from schemastore.org in editor.
• Enabling the "Goto line" command" for Large File view.

• Added a command to copy all selected JSON values from the same level in Grid view without any JSON escaping.
• Providing an implementation for Replace operation in the Large File view.
• "Unescape JSON" command for text view.
• Added command to quickly create document from Web Service response.
• Web Service pane: Remember last Url string and restore on loading app.
• Web Service pane: Allow to copy response data from Grid to clipboad using Ctrl + C.
• On clicking in Elements info pane the JSON schema definition is loaded and displayed.
• Elements pane: Show required properties as bold name and show enumeration type.
• New Elements pane: Show type information.

• New "File | Close all" command to close all open documents at once.
• Enable "Remove Whitespace from JSON" command also for File Explorer window to run operation directly on disk. Set file limit to 1 GB.
• Count of child properties is displayed for container boxes in Grid view.
• Improved logic to show entry-helper on typing " (quote) in JSON text. Auto inserting "": feature on showing entry-helper to insert property name.
• Web Service pane: Added Text Response window and filling Grid Response window with raw response data from web request.
• Update and show Schema Info pane information also in GridView.
• Jump from Schema Info pane window to defintion in schema.
• New Schema Info pane.