Internationalization

Guppy's goal is to remove barriers for beginners to learn how to do modern web development. One huge barrier is that tools like create-react-app are only available in English, and many aspiring web developers don't speak English!

It would be awesome to get i18n support in Guppy. Unfortunately, it's also a huge amount of effort, and not one I foresee having time to develop. If folks are interested in contributing, the first step is to add i18n support to the application. One upside to building a desktop app is that small sizes aren't so critical, so we could probably get away with a pretty minimal solution:

• Create files (JSON? YAML? JS objects?) that hold all the copy in English, at /copy/en.js or similar
• Create a way to change languages in the UI (maybe a flag in the top-right, when no project is selected?) - Still open & not decided yet
• Add an application menu option for languages
• Use https://github.com/yahoo/react-intl or similar to format messages in different languages
• Update all the english copy
• Request translations, update when translations are available.

Current status (WIP see branch feature-i18n)

• Create localization guide for easier getting started with the translations
• Planned / active localizations
  • English locale (en) @zianke / @llllish
  • Chinese locale (zh) @zianke / @llllish
  • German (de) @awolf81 (not started yet - waiting for English locale)
  • Spanish (es) @canopix (also waiting)
  • Bulgarin (bg) @scottwarren (waiting for English locale - if still interested)
  • Turkish (tr) @bennygenel (waiting for English locale)