Use language files for multilingual apps

[scriptPilot]

Store language patterns in json files

/lang/en.json

{
  "emailSubject": "Greetings from Hamburg",
  "emailBody": "Hello {{username}}!"
}

/lang/de.json

{
  "emailSubject": "Grüße aus Hamburg",
  "emailBody": "Hallo {{username}}!"
}

Use language pattern

Template

{{$lang('emailSubject')}}
{{$lang('emailBody', {username: 'Bugs Bunny'})

Script:

this.$lang('emailSubject')
this.$lang('emailBody', {username: 'Bugs Bunny'})

Configuration

• Default language: "defaultLanguage": "en"
• Fallback: "defaultLanguageFallback": false

Check on any build command

• All language files valid
• Default language file found
• Sort language files content by item
• Check if all language files are flat key:string pairs
• All language files have same items as the default one (if fallback is false)
• All language files have not more items as the default one

In addition

• Create folder on installation
• Update documentation
• Update folder structure documentation