JSON, XAML, PowerBoots and PowerShell

Miguel de Icaza, head of Mono, tweeted:

migueldeicazaIn 2007 @toshok used JSON instead of XML for XAML. It is wrist friendly, and programmer friendly:http://bit.ly/2fjEpN

The post, titled, why xaml when you can json? shows this snippet and has createFromJSON code.

JSON and XAML

var json = {
  Canvas: {
    name: "Toplevel Canvas",    children: {
      TextBlock: {
        Text: "Hello World"
      }
    }
  }
}

and it converts that to the following xaml:

<Canvas xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation” xmlns:x=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml” x:Name=”Toplevel Canvas”><TextBlock Text=”Hello World”/></Canvas>

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