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:
69: Why bother with side projects?
68: Are bootcamps worth doing? (with Kirsty Simmonds)
67: How can developers help fight climate change? (with Natalia Waniczek)
66: How do you get started in data science? (with Tom Sainsbury)
65: Should new developers get involved in open source? (with Jeremy Walker)
64: How do you get started with Pandas? (with Boris Paskhaver)
62: What is it like to have a mentor? (with Amber Wilson)
61: What questions should you ask in an interview?
60: What is a resilient website? (with Jeremy Keith)
59: How do you prepare to give a presentation?
58: How do you run a remote conference?
57: Why is time so hard to work with?
56: How can you make code habitable?
55: Any tips and tricks for effective home working?
54: Why do people write "bad" code?
53: What are some good things to build?
52: What gear do you use?
51: What is a Minimum Viable Product?
50: What's so special about the command line?
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