Monday, 19 July 2004
No Fluff Just Stuff: An Introduction to Internationalization in Java
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I'm currently preparing a presentation entitled "An Introduction to Internationalization in Java" for the No Fluff, Just Stuff Java symposiums. I'll be speaking at the conference in Boston, MA, held from October 22nd-24th. I submitted the following as an abstract.
Internationalization is the process of writing software in such a way as to make the localization of the software to a particular region as easy as possible. In other words, internationalization aims to remove the burden of re-engineering an application when writing for multiple countries and/or regions. Localization deals with the translation of textual elements to a particular locale. There are also a number of user interface elements that may be added or removed from a locale to provide the user with a native look and feel to the application. This session will cover many of the aspects of internationalization such as locales, isolating locale-specific data, formatting of data, Unicode, input and output, GUI development, input methods, etc. The session is intended to provide an overview and introduction to the many different aspects of Java internationalization and how these fulfill the promise of "Write Once, Run Anywhere (in the world)".Now, that's all well and good, but I'd like to structure the parts of the presentation around concerns, issues, questions you currently face with any efforts in software internationalization and localization using Java. So, what concerns, issues, questions do you have?
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