Developing Apps for a Global Audience</h1

Developing for a World-Wide Audience Michael Labriola Senior Consultant Digital Primates Page 0 of 59

Who am I? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 2 of 59

What are we going to cover? ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 3 of 59

Terminology ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 4 of 59

Terminology ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 5 of 59

Challenges of global applications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 6 of 59

Challenges of global applications ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 7 of 59

Visibility of Efforts Page 11 of 59

Externalizing Content ,[object Object],While visible, only performing this step will mean that you can support different locales speaking the same language reasonably well. You can likely support some additional locales poorly.

Challenges: Externalizing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 13 of 59

Challenges: Externalizing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 14 of 59

Challenges: Externalizing ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 15 of 59

Using Unicode ,[object Object],CLDR - Unicode Common Locale Data Repository provides locale specific data which explains how to use and format data for a given locale. Page 16 of 59

Challenges: Unicode ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 17 of 59

Challenges: Unicode ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 18 of 59

Challenges: Unicode ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 19 of 59

Challenges: Unicode ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 20 of 59

Challenges: Unicode ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 21 of 59

Dynamic Sizing and Placement ,[object Object],It is unlikely that a translated message to another language will ever take the exact same amount of screen space. Some locales will expect form headings and scroll bars to be in drastically different places. Page 22 of 59

Challenges: Sizing and Placement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 23 of 59

Challenges: Sizing and Placement ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 24 of 59

Challenges: Sizing and Placement ,[object Object],Page 25 of 59

Customizing Views ,[object Object],How do you manage to have customized views per locale and not allow it to become a nightmare of custom builds and custom code? Page 28 of 59

Solutions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 29 of 59

Number ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 30 of 59

Numbers ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 31 of 59

Dates ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 32 of 59

Reference Data ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 33 of 59

Meaning ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 34 of 59

Meaning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 35 of 59

Solving the problem ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 37 of 59

Why? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 38 of 59

Example Solutions ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 39 of 59

Adobe Flex Primer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 40 of 59

RIA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 45 of 59

Data / View Interaction ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 46 of 59

Form v Function ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 47 of 59

Getting to Meaning ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Page 48 of 59

Examples ,[object Object],Page 49 of 59

Data Binding ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 50 of 59

AutoLayout ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 51 of 59

External Resource Files ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 52 of 59

View Skinning ,[object Object],[object Object],Page 58 of 59

Contact Information Michael Labriola http://twitter.com/mlabriola Page 59 of 59

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