Welcome to NetBeans I18N Module!

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The I18N module helps a developer to internationalize their sources. It supports internatioanlizing of Java sources, forms and JSP pages.

For NetBeans contributors there is the NetBeans module internationalization guide.

Internationalization is the process of designing an application so it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes. Localization is the process of adapting software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text.

Feature Highlights

Module provides customizable features simplifing code internationalization:

• shortcut for fast internationalized string inserting,
• a wizard for batch code internationalization and
• a wizard checking for missing keys.

Development Status

The module is in stable state and it is a part of standard NetBeans IDE installation.

Documentation

Contextual help resides in userguide module that is also a part of standard NetBeans IDE instalation. Online FAQ answers typical questions.

Developer documentation can be found in CVS (basically all .html files).

Community

To get involved, join the main developer's mailing list by sending email to nbdev-subscribe@netbeans.org. Include keyword i18n in subject of your posts to get quicker response, please.

Resources

Java Internationalization Tutorial
Property Bundle Module