stringting

very alpha

String build tool for internationalisation i18n.

Quick overview

Take a template like:

html
  head
    title __(app.title)
  body
    h1 __(app.heading)
    p __(app.intro)

run stringting

And generate a translations file like:

{
  app: {
    title: {
      locations: ['app.jade:3'],
      msgid: "__(app.title)",
      msgstr: "",
      comments: ""
    },
    heading: {
      locations: ['app.jade:5'],
      msgid: "__(app.heading)",
      msgstr: "",
      comments: ""
    },
    intro: {
      locations: ['app.jade:6'],
      msgid: "__(app.intro)",
      msgstr: "",
      comments: ""
    }
  }
}

Then add some text for your keys like:

{
  app: {
    title: {
      locations: ['app.jade:3'],
      msgid: "__(app.title)",
      msgstr: "Demo site",
      comments: ""
    },
    heading: {
      locations: ['app.jade:5'],
      msgid: "__(app.heading)",
      msgstr: "Demonstrating Stringting",
      comments: ""
    },
    intro: {
      locations: ['app.jade:6'],
      msgid: "__(app.intro)",
      msgstr: "Just a quick little demo.",
      comments: ""
    }
  }
}

Run stringting again and get a template like:

html
  head
    title Demo site
  body
    h1 Demonstrating Stringting
    p Just a quick little demo.

Set up

To run stringting you will need a .stringtingrc file at your project root.

The minimum settings you will need to run a build are:

src

Path to your master templates. e.g.

"src": "src/templates"

translations

Path to your json translation files. e.g.

"translations": "src/translations"

locales

The locales to map translations and production templates to. e.g.

"locales": ["dev", "en", "fr"]

templates

Destination folder for your final compiled templates.

"templates": "views"

All together

So your finished .strintingrc file would look something like:

{
  "src": "src/templates",
  "translations": "src/translations",
  "locales": ["dev", "en"],
  "templates": "views"
}

Running it

If you have Stringting installed as a project dependency you will most likely want an npm or gulp task that runs the command:

node node_modules/stringting/bin/stringting

Or you might have it installed globally then you can just run:

stringting