JSON Parser

A lightweight and extensible JSON parser built as a hobby project, with the goal of evolving it into a production-ready, well-tested, and performant library.

This project focuses on understanding JSON parsing internals, building clean abstractions, and gradually improving reliability, performance, and developer experience.

✨ Features

✅ Parses valid JSON structures
✅ Supports:
- Objects
- Arrays
- Strings
- Numbers
- Booleans
- null
✅ Clear error reporting for invalid JSON
✅ Minimal dependencies
🚧 Designed to be extended (streaming, validation, performance optimizations)

📦 Project Status

Work in Progress

This project started as a learning exercise and is actively evolving toward:

Production-grade code quality
Better performance
Robust error handling
Comprehensive test coverage
Clear public APIs

Expect breaking changes while the API stabilizes.

🧠 Motivation

Most developers use JSON parsers, but few ever build one.

This project exists to:

Deepen understanding of parsing techniques
Explore tokenization and grammar handling
Practice writing clean, maintainable parsing code
Gradually apply real-world engineering practices

🚀 Getting Started

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