Let's make tree layout with external json file. JSON file { "name": "max", "children": [{ "name": "Sylvia", "children": [{ "name": "Craig" }, { "name": "Robin" }, { "name": "Anna" } ] }, { "name": "David", "children": [{ "name": "Jeff", "size": 3534 }, { "name": "Buffy", "size": 5731 } ] } ] } Let's make tree layout with this guys. HTML document Result
