Web Application Development Tutorial - Part 2: The Book List Page

Localization

Before starting the UI development, we first want to prepare the localization texts (you normally do this when needed while developing your application).

Localization texts are located under the Localization/BookStore folder of the Acme.BookStore.Domain.Shared project:

Open the en.json (the English translations) file and change the content as shown below:

{
  "Culture": "en",
  "Texts": {
    "Menu:Home": "Home",
    "Welcome": "Welcome",
    "LongWelcomeMessage": "Welcome to the application. This is a startup project based on the ABP. For more information, visit abp.io.",
    "Menu:BookStore": "Book Store",
    "Menu:Books": "Books",
    "Actions": "Actions",
    "Close": "Close",
    "Delete": "Delete",
    "Edit": "Edit",
    "PublishDate": "Publish date",
    "NewBook": "New book",
    "Name": "Name",
    "Type": "Type",
    "Price": "Price",
    "CreationTime": "Creation time",
    "AreYouSure": "Are you sure?",
    "AreYouSureToDelete": "Are you sure you want to delete this item?",
    "Enum:BookType.0": "Undefined",
    "Enum:BookType.1": "Adventure",
    "Enum:BookType.2": "Biography",
    "Enum:BookType.3": "Dystopia",
    "Enum:BookType.4": "Fantastic",
    "Enum:BookType.5": "Horror",
    "Enum:BookType.6": "Science",
    "Enum:BookType.7": "Science fiction",
    "Enum:BookType.8": "Poetry"
  }
}

• Localization key names are arbitrary. You can set any name. We prefer some conventions for specific text types;
  • Add Menu: prefix for menu items.
  • Use Enum:<enum-type>.<enum-value> or <enum-type>.<enum-value> naming convention to localize the enum members. When you do it like that, ABP can automatically localize the enums in some proper cases.

If a text is not defined in the localization file, it falls back to the localization key (as ASP.NET Core's standard behavior).

ABP's localization system is built on the ASP.NET Core's standard localization system and extends it in many ways. Check the localization document for details.