Resources to Help You Get Started Using Oxygen JSON Editor
Configuring Oxygen JSON Editor
There are numerous ways that you can configure Oxygen JSON Editor to accommodate your specific needs.
See the Configuring Oxygen section for details on the various ways that you can configure the application and its features.
Video Tutorials and Webinars
The Oxygen JSON Editor website includes numerous video demonstrations and webinars that present many of the features that are available in Oxygen JSON Editor and show you how to complete specific tasks or how to use the various features.
Go to the Oxygen Videos page to see the list of video tutorials.
Go to the Oxygen Events page to see all the upcoming and past webinars, conferences, and other events.
Oxygen JSON Editor Documentation
The Oxygen JSON Editor documentation includes a plethora of sections and topics to
provide you with a variety of information, ranging from basic authoring tasks to advanced
developer techniques. You can, of course, search through the documentation using standard
search mechanisms, but you can also place the cursor in any particular position in the
interface and use the F1 key to open a dialog
box that presents a section in the documentation that is appropriate for the context of the
current cursor position. Aside from the other topics in this Getting Started section,
the following are links to other sections of the documentation that might be helpful for
your specific needs:
- JSON Schema Diagram Editor - Provides information about the schema design mode.
- Editing Specific Document Types Chapter - Includes information about editing numerous different types of documents.
- Tools Chapter - Details about the various built-in tools that are available in Oxygen JSON Editor.
- Add-ons Chapter - Information about how to extend the functionality of Oxygen JSON Editor through add-ons.
Sample Documents
Your installation of Oxygen JSON Editor includes a large variety of sample documents
and projects that you can use as templates to get started and to experiment with the various
features and technologies. They are located in the samples folder that is located in
the installation directory of Oxygen JSON Editor. You will find files and folders for
various types of documents, including the following:
- Sample project file (sample.xpr) - A sample project file that will allow you to experiment with how projects can be structured and used. When you open this project file, you will be able to see all the sample files and folders in the view.
- Sample files (personal.json, etc.) - A collection of interrelated sample files that will allow you to experiment with the structure and relationship between files, stylesheets, and schemas.
- Various document type folders - The various folders contain sample files for numerous document types.
Other Resources
The following list includes links to various other resources that will help you get started
using the features of Oxygen JSON Editor:
- See the Oxygen JSON Editor Blog Site for a large variety of current and archived blogs regarding numerous features, requests, and instructional topics.
- Take advantage of the Oxygen JSON Editor Forum to see various announcements and learn more about specific issues that other users have experienced.
- For more information about various additional tools that are integrated into Oxygen JSON Editor, see the Tools section.
- See the External Resource Page for links to various other helpful resources, such as discussion lists, external tutorials, and more.
- For a list of new features that were implemented in the latest version of Oxygen JSON Editor, see the What's New Section on the website.
- You can select the Tip of the Day action in the Help menu to display a dialog box that includes a variety of tips for using Oxygen JSON Editor.
- You can select Show Dynamic Help view from the Help menu to dynamically opens a topic that is relevant to the focused editor, view, or dialog box.