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Developing International Software

ISBN: 0735615837
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2003
Pages: 198

Authors: Dr. International

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• Cover Page
• LOC Page
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• How to Use This Book
• Part I: Introduction
• Chapter 1: Understanding Internationalization
• Locales
• World-Readiness
• Localization
• Summary
• Chapter 2: Designing a World-Ready Program
• Identifying World-Ready Requirements in Specifications
• Planning for Globalization
• Customizing Features
• Organizing a Product Team
• Setting Up a World-Ready Development Environment
• Making Life Easier for Translators
• Testing Considerations
• Summary
• Part II: Globalization
• Chapter 3: Unicode
• Traditional Character Encoding
• A Closer Look at Unicode
• Creating Win32 Unicode Applications
• Encodings in Web Pages
• Encodings in the .NET Framework
• Encodings in Console or Text-Mode Programming
• Summary
• Chapter 4: Locale and Cultural Awareness
• Concept of Locale
• Retrieving the Right Locale
• Date and Calendar Formatting
• Time Formatting
• Currency Formatting
• Casing
• Sorting and String Comparison
• Number Formatting
• Addresses
• Paper Size
• Telephone Numbers
• Units of Measure
• Locale Awareness in Console
• Summary
• Chapter 5: Text Input, Output, and Display
• Input Languages
• Complex Scripts
• Options for Displaying Text
• Fonts
• Summary
• Chapter 6: Multilingual User Interface (MUI)
• MUI Support in Windows
• Options for Offering an MUI Solution
• How to Implement Your Own Satellite DLLs
• Summary
• Part III: Localizability
• Chapter 7: Software Localizability Guidelines
• Isolating Localizable Resources
• String Handling
• Localizability Considerations for the UI
• Summary
• Chapter 8: Mirroring
• The Technology
• Mirroring in Win32 Applications
• Mirroring in Web Pages
• Mirroring in the .NET Framework
• Summary
• Chapter 9: Content Localizability Guidelines
• Keep Content Simple
• Follow Basic Writing Style Principles
• Respect Cultural and Local Sensitivity
• Write for Easy Recycling and Reduced Localization Costs
• Respect Cultural Sensitivity in Art and Multimedia
• Design the Help System with Global Functionality
• Summary
• Part IV: Localization
• Chapter 10: Localization
• Localization Elements
• Localization Tools
• Localization Team
• Establishing Localization Guidelines
• Content Localization
• Summary
• Part V: Testing
• Chapter 11: Testing for World-Readiness
• Quality Assurance for World-Readiness
• The World-Ready Approach to Testing
• Globalization of the Test
• Localizability Testing
• Localization Testing
• The Role of Test Tools
• Summary
• Sample International Test Cases
• Chapter 12: Testing Localizability with Pseudo-Localization
• Categories of Localizability Bugs
• Most Common Features of Pseudo-Localization
• Additional Uses for Pseudo-Localization
• Summary
• Part VI: Tools and Technologies
• Chapter 13: Graphics Device Interface Plus (GDI)
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• International Best Practices
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 14: Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
• Overview of the Technology
• International Features
• International Best Practices
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 15: Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP)
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• Issues with IIS 4 and IIS 5
• International Best Practices
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 16: Microsoft Office
• Overview of the Tool
• Availability
• International Features
• International Best Practices
• Alternatives
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 17: MLang
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• Alternatives
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 18: Microsoft Layer for Unicode (MSLU)
• Overview of the Tool
• Availability
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 19: The Microsoft .NET Framework
• Overview of the Platform
• Availability
• International Features
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 20: OpenType Fonts
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• Issues
• International Best Practices
• Alternatives
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 21: Rich Edit
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• Issues
• International Best Practices
• Alternatives
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 22: Microsoft SQL Server
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• International Best Practices
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 23: Microsoft Windows Text Services Framework (TSF)
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 24: Uniscribe
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 25: Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
• Overview of the Tool
• Availability
• International Features
• Additional Resources
• Summary
• Chapter 26: Extensible Markup Language (XML)
• Overview of the Technology
• Availability
• International Features
• International Best Practices
• Additional Resources
• Summary