[dna-dev] Re: Blogging topics

[John P. A. Verhaeg]

Okay, I'll start to put together a blog about our i18n framework.

I've noticed recently that we (DNA committers) are starting to diverge a 
bit in how we test.  Maybe you could blog about some of the "best 
practices" we've discussed regarding testing (such as BDD vs. TDD, 
conventions, etc.).

Randall Hauch wrote:
> One topic might be the I18n framework.  John did a great job 
> (improving some stuff that he worked on with Dan a while back) on 
> this, and it really is a great little framework.  I used to hate 
> internationalization code, but now it is very easy to work with.
>
> What do you think, John?  You up for it?  Could be a multipart blog, 
> too.  Some questions that could be answered:
>
>     • How it's used
>     • How it works
>     • What are the advantages over other approaches
>         • Support for multiple locales (e.g., web application)
>         • Caching of localization messages
>         • Parameters
>         • Updating of localization messages
>         • Typed parameters (compile-time)
>         • Passing around internationalized messages
>         • Extensibility (Localization repository)
>         • Testing
>     • Why does logging use it (and why debug and trace methods are not 
> internationalized)
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Randall
> On Jun 17, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Randall Hauch wrote:
>
>> If you have any suggestions about topics for new blog entries, please 
>> feel let us know.  And, we're always open to anyone to write some 
>> entries.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Randall
>
>