@fw-components/localize

A localization utility built on top of lit-localize, providing simplified message extraction and runtime locale switching for web applications.

1. How it works

The package provides two main components:

1. CLI Tool: A command-line utility (fw-localize) that extracts localizable messages from your source code and generates translation files.

2. Runtime Library: Functions for loading translations and switching between locales in your application.

The localization workflow consists of:

• Marking strings for translation in your code using msg()
• Extracting these messages using the CLI tool
• Translating the extracted messages
• Loading and applying translations at runtime

// Example locales/es.json
{
  "Hello": "Hola",
}

2. Usage

CLI Usage

Extract messages from your source files:

npx fw-localize extract

Configuration is specified in a localize.json file:

{
  "sourceLocale": "en",
  "targetLocales": ["es", "fr", "de"],
  "tsConfig": "./tsconfig.json",
  "output": {
    "mode": "runtime",
    "outputDir": "./locales"
  },
  "interchange": {
    "format": "json"
  }
}

Runtime Usage

import { configureLocalization, msg } from '@fw-components/localize';

// Configure localization
const { getLocale, setLocale } = configureLocalization({
  sourceLocale: 'en',
  targetLocales: ['es', 'fr', 'de'],
  loadLocale: (locale) => import(`./locales/${locale}.js`)
});

// Use in your components
function renderGreeting(name) {
  return html`
    <h1>${msg("Hello")}</h1>
  `;
}

// Switch locale
await setLocale('es');

Note:

Use the msg() function to mark text for translation:

// For static strings
msg("Hello world")

// For strings with expressions
msg(`Hello ${username}`)

For more advanced usage and options, refer to the lit-localize documentation.