JavaScript Translations

[biyeun]

@dimagi/js-team Added ability to translate javascript files. In order for django to pick up on changes,
./manage.py makemessages -d djangojs --all will need to be run in addition to the standard makemessages command. compilemessages should be run as normal.

In addition to this, you'll need to run ./manage.py compilejsi18n to make the translation utilities available in all js files.

[biyeun]

@dimagi/team-commcare-hq when this is merged, you'll need to run manage.py compilejsi18n

[dimagimon]

Missing semicolon.

[proteusvacuum]

cool! does this work the same way that ugettext works? mainly wondering what the failure mode is if a translation doesn't exist in a specific language (I've had issues with js i18n libraries in the past that would spit a bunch of junk into my template if it couldn't find the right translation).

[benrudolph]

amazing!! 😍 much needed. is there a way we can smartly pull down just the translations that we need? or will we have to pull down the entire file each time? i imagine that those files could be pretty hefty over time

[czue]

awesome!! 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🇮🇹

[dannyroberts]

Awesome, @biyeun!! This is a huge piece in giving us the freedom to decouple our templates and JS however we want, instead of being forced to put some things in django templates just to be able to use translations! 🌟

[orangejenny]

this is great! also, looks good to merge.

[snopoke]

Was there a reason you chose to use this lib vs django's builtin support: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/translation/#internationalization-in-javascript-code

[biyeun]

@snopoke this library has a management command which generates the js translation file and places it in the staticfiles directory. Django's built in support is still there for the translation part, but the way it serves the file it's generated on a per request basis, unless you cache the request.

[biyeun]

@proteusvacuum it does work the same as ugettext https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/i18n/translation/#internationalization-in-javascript-code

[millerdev]

sweetness!

[biyeun]

@benrudolph

is there a way we can smartly pull down just the translations that we need? or will we have to pull down the entire file each time? i imagine that those files could be pretty hefty over time

I think there is a way to, but we'd have to spin off a separate thing from statici18n. Also, once the file is loaded, the browser should cache it anyway.

[benrudolph]

gotcha makes sense. thanks

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 7:53 PM, Biyeun notifications@github.com wrote:

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is there a way we can smartly pull down just the translations that we
need? or will we have to pull down the entire file each time? i imagine
that those files could be pretty hefty over time

I think there is a way to, but we'd have to spin off a separate thing from
statici18n. Also, once the file is loaded, the browser should cache it
anyway.

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[benrudolph]

🌏 🌍 🌎

[dannyroberts]

_("Awesome")!

[czue]

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