Demonstrate use of gettext .po i18n in Mifos

Background

Mifos currently uses Java properties files for i18n (a monolingual format). The folks in #pootle highly recommended the gettext .po (portable object) format (a "bilingual" format) over Java properties. PO is very mature and has a rich toolset. "alaa" in #pootle recommended http://code.google.com/p/gettext-commons , for instance.

Status - Available

Not started.

Contact

Please email the mifos-developer list or contact Adam Monsen (Unlicensed) on IRC if you are interested in helping on this project.

Mentor

Adam Monsen (Unlicensed)

Current Volunteer(s)

None.

Terminology

None.

Time Estimate

~8 hrs

Prerequisite experience

Java programming, scripting.

Details

Acceptance Criteria

• demonstrate message lookup from a Java class in Mifos
• demonstrate message lookup from a Freemarker template

Optional

• demonstrate message lookup from a JSP page

Steps

• Read How To Develop On Mifos for information on contributing and getting set up.
• Introduce yourself to the community on the mifos-developer mailing list and IRC channel
• Fill out the Contributor Agreement