---
title: "A Better XML Visualizer"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/30/a-better-xml-visualizer.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/30/a-better-xml-visualizer.html"
published: "2005-11-30T20:05:00"
updated: "2005-11-30T20:05:00"
tags: [".Net 2.0", "Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Here's another cool visualizer for your use. It's a better XML Visualizer than the one currently in the VS IDE, written by Howard van Rooijen ."
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# A Better XML Visualizer

By Roy Osherove November 30, 2005 In [.Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0), [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published November 30, 2005; technical details may be outdated.

[Here's another cool visualizer](http://blogs.conchango.com/howardvanrooijen/archive/2005/11/24/2424.aspx) for your use. It's a better XML Visualizer than the one currently in the VS IDE, written by [Howard van Rooijen](http://blogs.conchango.com/howardvanrooijen/).

## More in .Net 2.0

[All posts in .Net 2.0](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-2-0)

- Dec 13, 2005

    ### [\[Slides and code\] VS Launch Israel: .NET 2.0 Things You Need To Know](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/12/13/slides-and-code-vs-launch-israel-net-20-things-you-need-to-k.html)

- Dec 3, 2005

    ### [December at IVBUG: Xml Editing and Debugging + LINQ](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/12/3/december-at-ivbug-xml-editing-and-debugging-linq.html)

- Nov 30, 2005

    ### [Ask The Pros: Debugging Tips](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/30/ask-the-pros-debugging-tips.html)

- Nov 26, 2005

    ### [Announcing Regex Kit: Regular Expression Visualizers for VS 2005](https://osherove.com/blog/2005/11/26/announcing-regex-kit-regular-expression-visualizers-for-vs-2.html)


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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page). License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/