Fast Gettext

FastGettext

Hello my name is
Michael Grosser
Rathershort.com

FastSimpleCleanSafeGettext

FastGettext – GetText
GetText is a pile of spaghetticode
Entagled with AR/Rails/X
namespace: 34 vs 7
9.17 times slower than FastGettext
2884 KB larger

FastGettext – Why use it?
_('Hello!')
Simpler, Safer, Faster, more Maintainable then t('view.messages.greeting.friendly')

FastGettext – Simple?
Readable & clean code
Automatic translation finding (parsing + tests)
No defaults needed

FastGettext – Safe?
No ”No translation found” for users, ever!
Always fallback to en
No fuzzy translations
No obsolete translations

FastGettext – Fast?
18 times faster
Small footprint: 0.136mb vs 7.12mb
Custom backends (.mo/.po/.yml/database...)

FastGettext – Maintainable
Code is readable, no parallel yml lookup
If it is tested, translation is known
If it is not tested, everyone can see

FastGettext – When not to use
Building plugins
Building huge frameworks others use

FastGettext – Syntax
_('Hello %{name}') % :name=>user.name
_('available'): x n_('apple','apples',x)
s_('Car|Name') <-> s_('User|Name')

FastGettext – gettext_i18n_rails
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Fast Gettext

by grosser on Mar 10, 2009

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