Building Dojo Localization Scripts

Building jsDojo Localization Scripts

It seems the only way to compile localization scripts is to require them in a module and then build the module:

Define a module:

dojo.provide("happy.BirthdayWidget");

dojo.requireLocalization("happy", "birthday");

dojo.declare("happy.BirthdayWidget", null, {

    constructor: function () {

        // do something with HappyBirthday

        var nls = dojo.i18n.getLocalization("happy", "birthday");

        this._text = nls.HappyBirthday;

        alert(this._text);

    }

});

Create a profile referencing this module:

dependencies = {

layers: [

{

name: "dojolab.js", 

dependencies: ["dijit.Dialog"]

},

{

name: "happy.js", 

dependencies: ["happy.BirthdayWidget"],

layerDependencies: ["dojolab.js"]

}

],

prefixes: 

[

["dijit", "../dijit"],

["happy", "C:/Users/calix/Documents/Visual Studio 2010/Projects/DojoLab/DojoLab/happy"]

]

};

Build the layers in this profile:

build profile=dojolab action=release

Move the product files from dojo\release\dojo\dojo\ and dojo\release\dojo\dojo\nls into a "scripts" folder:

    <script src="scripts/dojolab.js.uncompressed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

    <script src="scripts/happy.js.uncompressed.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

Tell dojo where to find the localization files:

    <script type="text/javascript">

        var djConfig = {

            useXDomain: false,

            baseUrl: "http://localhost:52987",

            modulePaths: {

                "happy": "/happy",

                "dojo.nls.happy_en-us": "/scripts/happy_en-us",

                "dojo.nls.dojolab_en-us": "/scripts/dojolab_en-us"

            }

        };

    </script>

The former development code which invoked requireLocalization and require is now essentially ignored because the modules are already loaded:

    <script type="text/javascript">

        dojo.require("dojo.i18n");

        dojo.requireLocalization("happy", "birthday");

        dojo.require("dijit.Dialog");

        dojo.require("happy.BirthdayWidget");

        dojo.addOnLoad(function () {

            var nls = dojo.i18n.getLocalization("happy", "birthday");

            var text = nls.HappyBirthday;

            var dialog = new dijit.Dialog({ content: text });

            dialog.show();

            var w = new happy.BirthdayWidget();

            dialog.setContent("w: " + w._text);

        });

    </script>