DAMON: A Map-Oriented Notation

A JSON-shorthand that:

• Stores insertion order
• Embraces the offside-rule
• Reuses JSON types

Demo

Hello, human!

Syntax

See language_reference.md

Use Cases

• Wiki Data-entry
• Software Design
• Interactive Documents

Installation

Node:

npm install damon2

Building

npm run watch # dev
npm run build # distribuable

Usage

Core methods:

const Damon = require('damon2');
let damon = new Damon();
let damonString = `
    - {}
        - key: "value"`;

console.log(damon.damonToJSON(damonString));
// {
//     "key": "value"
// }

console.log(damon.jsonToDAMON(damon.damonToJSON(damonString)));
// - {}
//     - key: "value"

console.log(damon.damonToMap(damonString));
// Map(1) {"key" => "value"}

Attributions

Built on:

• JSON-types and JSON.parse()
• json-in-order @sanderevers
• DOMPurify @cure53

Going further

• Offside-rule grammar

License

Copyright © 2024 Adrian Turcev

Licensed under the MPL-2.0 license