Internationalization is a Piece of Cake

Explore internationalization on the web in this GOTO Copenhagen 2019 conference talk. Learn about the importance of i18n with 51% of websites in English but only 25% of web users being English speakers. Discover how to make the web more accessible to a global audience, covering topics like language considerations, formatting, Unicode, directionality, and the Internationalization API. Gain insights into best practices, potential pitfalls, and the significance of early integration in the development process. Understand the complexities of language-specific styling and word delimitation across different languages. Walk away with practical knowledge on implementing internationalization effectively in web projects.

Intro
Opening Slide
Nicaragua
Internationalization
Numbers
How to explain
Language
Accessibility
How it works
JSON
Things to think about
Formatting
The Internationalisation Cake
Top Bits
Unicode
Direction
Base Direction
dir Direction
name Direction
Internet Engineering Task Force
Language Tags
My Life Story
Choose Your Locale
XML
Spanish XML
JSON JSON
ICU
ICU Message Format
Complex Arguments
Internationalization API
Problems
Progress
Disclaimer
Format Jaso
React JSX
Example Document
Summary
Logistics
Early Integration
Results
Start Early
Style for Specific Languages
Pseudo Selector
Not all languages delimit words
What have we learned