--- title: Before DSA View View can visualize an algorithm, it... description: A developer shares how DSA View View, a TypeScript DSA visualizer, extracts function and class signatures from the AST, converts parameters into field... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/before-dsa-view-view-can-visualize-an-algorithm-it-needs-to-understand-how-to-call-it--cic9itokw twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Before DSA View View can visualize an algorithm, it needs to understand how to call it. | daily.dev og:description: A developer shares how DSA View View, a TypeScript DSA visualizer, extracts function and class signatures from the AST, converts parameters into field... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/before-dsa-view-view-can-visualize-an-algorithm-it-needs-to-understand-how-to-call-it--cic9itokw og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/ciC9iTokW.png og:image:alt: Before DSA View View can visualize an algorithm, it needs to understand how to call it. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Before DSA View View can visualize an algorithm, it needs to understand how to call it. **[nyaomaru](https://daily.dev/sources/graxwfjk0eop4zs3tdzdr)** · [@nyaomaru](https://daily.dev/nyaomaru) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares how DSA View View, a TypeScript DSA visualizer, extracts function and class signatures from the AST, converts parameters into field definitions, and generates validated input forms using React Hook Form and Zod. The post covers the editor and compile pipeline behind the tool. ## Content So it extracts the TypeScript function or class signature from the AST, converts the parameters into field definitions, and generates a validated input form with React Hook Form + Zod 👀 I wrote about the pipeline here [https://dev.to/nyaomaru/how-i-built-the-editor-and-compile-pipeline-for-a-typescript-dsa-visualizer-dsa-view-view--530f](https://dev.to/nyaomaru/how-i-built-the-editor-and-compile-pipeline-for-a-typescript-dsa-visualizer-dsa-view-view--530f) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Untapped Way to Learn a Codebase: Build a Visualizer](https://daily.dev/posts/untapped-way-to-learn-a-codebase-build-a-visualizer-maesktxb7) · Hacker News · 4 upvotes · 0 comments - [Fix AI Code Hallucinations: TypeScript Compiler \+ TDD](https://daily.dev/posts/fix-ai-code-hallucinations-typescript-compiler-tdd-ucvfxgpnp) · SitePoint · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Building Dynamic Forms In React And Next.js — Smashing Magazine](https://daily.dev/posts/building-dynamic-forms-in-react-and-next-js-smashing-magazine-ug2wd4jcs) · Smashing Magazine · 10 upvotes · 0 comments - [Zod \+ TypeScript: Schema Validation Made Easy – Frontend Masters Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/zod-typescript-schema-validation-made-easy-frontend-masters-blog-yv5epna6v) · Frontend Masters · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#typescript](https://daily.dev/tags/typescript), [#zod](https://daily.dev/tags/zod) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/before-dsa-view-view-can-visualize-an-algorithm-it-needs-to-understand-how-to-call-it--cic9itokw) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/before-dsa-view-view-can-visualize-an-algorithm-it-needs-to-understand-how-to-call-it--cic9itokw","headline":"Before DSA View View can visualize an algorithm, it needs to understand how to call it.","text":"A developer shares how DSA View View, a TypeScript DSA visualizer, extracts function and class signatures from the AST, converts parameters into field definitions, and generates validated input forms using React Hook Form and Zod. 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