[dna-dev] Re: Blogging topics

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 > >