🔍 Debugalizers

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A powerful collection of debug visualizers for Visual Studio, providing beautiful formatting, syntax highlighting, and specialized views for common string data types. Stop squinting at raw JSON in the debugger! 🎯✨

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🚀 Features

• 🎨 30+ Visualizers — JSON, XML, JWT, Base64, images, and many more
• 🌳 Multiple Views — Raw, Formatted, Tree, Table, Hex, Rendered, and Image
• 🖌️ Syntax Highlighting — Beautiful code highlighting via AvalonEdit
• 🔎 Search — Find text within large content (Ctrl+F)
• 📋 Copy & Export — Copy raw/formatted content or export to file
• 🖥️ Multi-Architecture — Supports both x64 and ARM64 systems

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📦 Visualizer Catalog

📄 Data Formats

Visualizer	Description	Views
📋 JSON	API responses, config files	Formatted, Tree, Raw
📰 XML	SOAP, config, SVG	Formatted, Tree, Raw
🌐 HTML	Web content, email templates	Formatted, Rendered, Tree, Raw
⚙️ YAML	Docker, K8s, CI/CD configs	Formatted, Tree, Raw
🔧 TOML	Rust configs, pyproject.toml	Formatted, Tree, Raw
📊 CSV/TSV	Tabular data exports	Table, Raw
📝 INI	Legacy config files	Formatted, Table, Raw
📖 Markdown	Documentation strings	Rendered, Raw
🗃️ SQL	Database queries	Formatted, Syntax Highlighted, Raw
🔗 GraphQL	API queries	Formatted, Syntax Highlighted, Raw

🔐 Encoded Data

Visualizer	Description	Views
🔤 Base64	Decode text from Base64	Decoded, Hex, Raw
🖼️ Base64 Image	Embedded images (data:image/...)	Image Preview, Raw
🔗 URL Encoded	Query strings, form data	Decoded, Raw
🏷️ HTML Entities	&amp; → &, &lt; → <	Decoded, Raw
🔡 Unicode Escape	\u0041 → A	Decoded, Raw
🔢 Hex String	48656C6C6F → Hello	Decoded, Hex, Raw
📦 GZip/Deflate	Compressed payloads	Decompressed, Raw

🛡️ Security & Auth Tokens

Visualizer	Description	Views
🎫 JWT	Decode header, payload, expiry	Claims Table, Decoded, Raw
🔑 SAML	Decode assertions	XML Tree, Claims, Raw
📜 X.509 Certificate	PEM/DER certificates	Details Table, Raw

🔗 Structured Strings

Visualizer	Description	Views
🔌 Connection String	DB/service connections	Parsed Table, Raw
🌍 URI/URL	Full URL parsing	Parsed Parts, Query Params Table
❓ Query String	?foo=bar&baz=qux	Key-Value Table, Raw
🎯 Regex	Pattern visualization	Pattern Breakdown, Raw
⏰ Cron Expression	Schedule expressions	Human Readable, Next Runs

💾 Binary & Low-Level

Visualizer	Description	Views
🔢 Hex Dump	Binary data as hex	Hex + ASCII
🆔 GUID/UUID	Format and version info	Formatted, Details
🕐 Timestamp	Unix epoch conversion	Human Readable, UTC/Local
🌐 IP Address	IPv4/IPv6 details	Formatted, CIDR Info

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📥 Installation

From Visual Studio Marketplace

1. Open Visual Studio 2022
2. Go to Extensions → Manage Extensions
3. Search for "Debugalizers"
4. Click Download and restart Visual Studio

From Source

# 1. Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/CodingWithCalvin/VS-Debugalizers.git

# 2. Build the solution
dotnet build src/CodingWithCalvin.Debugalizers.slnx

# 3. Run tests
dotnet test src/CodingWithCalvin.Debugalizers.slnx

# 4. VSIX will be created in bin/Debug or bin/Release

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🚀 Usage

1. 🔴 Set a breakpoint where a string variable is in scope
2. ⏸️ When the debugger hits the breakpoint, hover over the variable
3. 🔍 Click the magnifying glass icon in the DataTip
4. 📋 Select the appropriate visualizer (e.g., "Debugalizers: JSON")
5. ✨ The visualizer window opens with beautifully formatted content!

⌨️ Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut	Action
Ctrl+F	🔎 Search within content
Escape	❌ Close visualizer window

🛠️ Toolbar Actions

Button	Action
📋 Copy	Copy raw content to clipboard
📝 Copy Formatted	Copy formatted content to clipboard
💾 Export	Save content to a file
↩️ Word Wrap	Toggle word wrapping

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📋 Requirements

• 💻 Visual Studio 2022 (17.8) or later
• 🔧 .NET Framework 4.8

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🛠️ Technology Stack

Component	Technology
🎨 Syntax Highlighting	AvalonEdit
📊 JSON Parsing	Newtonsoft.Json
📄 YAML Parsing	YamlDotNet
🔧 TOML Parsing	Tomlyn
🎫 JWT Decoding	System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt
📖 Markdown Rendering	Markdig
⏰ Cron Parsing	NCrontab
📊 CSV Parsing	CsvHelper

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🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Feel free to submit issues and pull requests. 💪

1. 🍴 Fork the repository
2. 🌿 Create a feature branch (git checkout -b feat/amazing-feature)
3. 💾 Commit your changes (git commit -m 'feat: add amazing feature')
4. 📤 Push to the branch (git push origin feat/amazing-feature)
5. 🎉 Open a Pull Request

For building locally, install the Extensibility Essentials 2022 extension.

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📄 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License — see the LICENSE file for details.

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👥 Contributors

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Made with ❤️ for the Visual Studio community from Coding With Calvin