A developer oriented take on localizing softwares, how to do it, & how others can contribute to

Outline

• Why localization ?
• How to enable your software to be localized i.e Internationalization
• Internationalization APIs/Libraries in different stacks : Python, Android, PHP, WordPress
• How to manage different localizations with ease
• How to help others contribute easily to your software with localization (setting up tools for localization)

Requirements

• Laptop preferably (not required)
• Having a phone with you will be nice
• മലയാളം അറിയുന്നതും നന്നായിരിക്കും :)

Speaker bio

• FOSS developer since 13 years old
• KDE Malayalam localization maintainer
• Member of GNOME Malayalam localization team
• Volunteer for SMC (Swathanthra Malayalam Computing)
• Lead, FOSSers VAST : http://fossers.vidyaacademy.ac.in/

Links

• https://subinsb.com/
• http://kde.smc.org.in/
• http://gitlab.com/subins2000
• http://github.com/subins2000