CSON

Path: /src/type/cson.coffee compiled to /lib/type/cson.js

Like JSON but here the object is defined using CoffeeScript instead of javascript.

Common file extension cson.

CSON Data
# null value
null: null
# boolean values
boolean: true
# include a string
string: 'test'
date: '2016-05-10T19:06:36.909Z'
# numbers
numberInt: -8
numberFloat: 5.6
# and a list of numbers
list: [1, 2, 3]
list2: [
  1
  2
  3
]
# add a sub object
person:
  name: 'Alexander Schilling'
  job: 'Developer'
# complex list with object
complex: [
  name: 'Egon'
,
  name: 'Janina'
]
# Multi-Line Strings! Without Quote Escaping!
emissions: '''
  Livestock and their byproducts account for at least 32,000 million tons of
  carbon dioxide (CO2) per year, or 51% of all worldwide greenhouse gas emissions.
  Goodland, R Anhang, J. “Livestock and Climate Change: What if the key actors in
  climate change were pigs, chickens and cows?”
  WorldWatch, November/December 2009. Worldwatch Institute, Washington, DC, USA. Pp. 10–19.
  http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6294
  '''

CSON solves several major problems with hand-writing JSON by providing:

• the ability to use both single-quoted and double-quoted strings
• the ability to write multi-line strings in multiple lines
• the ability to write a redundant comma
• comments start with # and are allowed

Besides this facts it’s the same as JSON and have the same types.

Format Options:

• indent - Integer number of spaces or text to indent each level (defaults to 2 spaces)