This week we're joined by internationalisation (i18n) expert Eli Schutze. Originally from Nicaragua, Eli is a London-based web engineer and speaker currently making money work for everyone at Monzo Bank. In this episode she clears up some common misconceptions around the issue of translating apps and websites. It turns out that doing i18n properly often runs counter to a lot of the principles developers are taught when they learn programming.
Why do we call it "i18n"? (Spoiler: because it's hard to say!) And why do developers need to do the hard work of i18n themselves? Why not just use automated tools? How does i18n work on a technical level, and what is likely to go horribly wrong when developers try to be too "smart"? Find out all this and more in this week's international instalment of A Question of Code.
Mentioned in this episode:
89: Top Tips review: pragmatic learning
88: Top Tips review: document what you learn
87: Top Tips review: enjoy what you do
86: Top Tips review: just get things done!
85: Top Tips review: why should you build your own website?
84: Why should you own a rubber duck?
83: How do you get started with a new framework?
82: What is semantic markup?
81: What is an API?
80: What’s it like behind the scenes of a podcast?
79: How important are CS fundamentals? (with Vaidehi Joshi)
78: How can developers get better at design?
77: Should you use boilerplates?
76: CSS Revisited (Rapid Fire)
75: Why do you need a website of your own? (with Chris Coyier)
74: How do you get started with testing? (with Brian Okken)
73: Why is Python a good starting point for learning to code? (with Michael Kennedy)
72: CSS Extravaganza!
71: How should developers market themselves? (with Shawn Wang)
70: Is "become a developer" still good advice?
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