In this post let's explore some nice improvements that got added to Text Visualizer
in Visual Studio. This got shipped with Visual Studio 2022 Version 17.5 Preview 2.
I actually found this accidentally and it's so handy!
Say I have a string variable that holds a JWT token and I want to decode it
for some debugging purpose. Usually what I would do is copy-pasting the token
into https://jwt.io or https://jwt.ms or some external JWT decoding tool. What if we can see the decoded
token without leaving Visual Studio? And that's exactly what the new Text Visualizer brings to the table.
Say I want to see the decoded token of the following.
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| Debugging a string |
I need to click on the View button. And then I am presented with the
following.
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| Text Visualizer |
I can just select JWT Decode and just like that I can see the
decoded token.
Along that, you can see there are more options to manipulate the string such
as Base64 Encode & Decode, Url Encode &
Decode etc.
Isn't that great? I just love this. Remember, if you want to try this out, you
need to install the latest
Visual Studio 2022 Preview.
Hope this helps.
Happy Coding.
Regards,
Jaliya
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