Working with YAML

Files to help work with YAML

• https://jsonformatter.org/yaml-viewer
• https://codebeautify.org/yaml-viewer-online

Packages to help convert YAML to JSON

• https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml

Templating considerations

• Simple library rather than a larger framework is preferred - our needs are not complex (relative to building full websites), although having a decent library of text processing functions available with options for adding our own would be helpful (we don't need a super minimal 2kb library either).
• Supports Markdown and other text-based outputs - not just HTML or web component-based (e.g. React).
• Can be run in a browser as well as as a CLI.
• Ideally familiar syntax for folks coming from non-JS templating language (Twig, Jinja2, etc).
• Can accept inputs with minimal processing, allowing people to use their understanding of the YAML structure to identify objects/arrays/keys, etc - this also implies the ability to easily drill into object structures and build nested loops.

Handlebars is probably the leading contender in terms of being established and familiar with a tight focus and fairly minimal dependencies - it appears to support nesting and loops also.

Templating useful links

• https://handlebarsjs.com/guide/builtin-helpers.html#if
• https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/