globalizejs/globalize

Compile hundreds of plain text messages

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#652 opened on Nov 18, 2016

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Description

For my web site I want to take advantage of compiling my formatters and messages. My web site contains:

  • 6 different formaters (e.g. dateFormatter({ date: "long" }, numberFormatter({ style: 'decimal', minimumFractionDigits: 0, maximumFractionDigits: 2 } etc.)
  • 10 complicated messages with plural and gender
  • more than 200 plain text messages

Sorry for this stupid question: What is the strategy for design time compilation of such app?

Every compiled plain text messages produced complicated JS code, e.g. Globalize.b1130668030 = messageFormatterFn((function( ) { return function (d) { return "My plain text message 1"; }})(), Globalize("en").pluralGenerator({}));

Plain text message compilation cancels positive effect of 6 formatters and 10 messages compilation.

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Investigate how to avoid unnecessary compilation of plain text messages by using a build time abstraction, such as a custom plugin or precompilation script that only compiles messages with dynamic parts.
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