Plans for v2

[RexSkz]

It's been three years since I first released this library. At first, I just treated it as a fun project, but it seems to provide more value than I thought. So, let's make it more modern and functional!

Main change

Although "v2" looks like a breaking change, there is no prop change. The only reason to bump the major version is that I will use monorepo to manage all related packages (whether it's officially published or not), such as:

• The differ (published).
• The React viewer (published).
• The CLI tool (published).
• The Vue viewer (experimental published).
• The HTML marshaller (not published yet).

And all packages will be under @json-diff-kit namespace, so you are expected to change imports in your project.

Other notable changes

• Deprecate some props (but you can still use them).
• Improve rendering speed (maybe diff speed also, but no promise since the algorithm is already fast enough).
• Add more test cases.
• Provide more syntax highlight themes.
• Switch to more modern frontend toolchains and use GitHub actions better.

[joejordan]

This library has become an invaluable tool for work that I'm doing. There's nothing quite like it, and I'm thrilled that you're continuing to build on it.

One feature that I've been wanting is to be able to calculate a "likeness score" of sorts. Often I am comparing two JSON objects (or sub-objects, i.e. an object array within two similarly structured JSONs) that are similar. I would like to be able to quickly determine just how alike these two objects are. Ideally this would be customizable, so I could weigh differences more heavily in one part of the JSON over others.

Feasible? I know it's a complex feature, as I've been playing with the idea of building it myself, but I think such a feature would add even more value and utility to your library.