VS Code extended keywords

[michaeltlombardi]

👋🏻 I took a quick peek at building and trying out the prototype extension locally - I've been working extensively on a couple projects that requires authoring JSON Schemas in 2020-12 and found the limitations in VS Code pretty painful for developing schemas newer than draft 7.

One thing I've found rather nice in VS Code is the experience you get authoring/editing JSON that has a defined schema using the (largely undocumented annotation keywords VS Code recognizes, like markdownDescription and patternErrorMessage):

I'm wondering whether support for that functionality (or an equivalent, using a defined/published dialect that the extension can recognize) is in eventual scope.

[jdesrosiers]

Yes, eventually that kind of thing will be in scope, but there's a lot more to get through before then. For now, the focus is on features for authoring JSON Schemas as opposed to authoring JSON that's described by a JSON Schema which is what VSCode supports. So, at least for now, this isn't a replacement for VSCode's JSON features. Ideally, VSCode steps up and updates to support 2020-12 and this language server will be purely complementary, but if they don't, I'll make a replacement. Eventually. I'm work on this in my spare time now, so progress is slow.

[michaeltlombardi]

Thank you for clarifying, and for starting on this work- I'm already finding this really useful for authoring and validating my schemas themselves. I also have some projects that involve defining vocabulary, and I'm finding this useful in that process. I agree about the ideal outcome, especially as the extant support from the built-in language service is halfway to 2020-12 support already.

[jdesrosiers]

Thanks for being an early adopter. I'm glad you're finding it useful even at this early stage.