Rails I18n revs up: Globalize2 preview released!
posted: September 19th, 2008 · by: Sven
When it comes to selecting a fullfledged Internationalization solutions for a Ruby on Rails application Globalize has always been amongst the first choices. Shipping with “batteries included”, solid support for Model translations and everything stored to the database it was an obvious pick in many project environments.
On the other hand Globalize had some problems like the fact that it actually limited the set of ActiveRecord features one could use for translated models, its original choice to use default strings as keys and the mere size of its shipped data – something that sparked the development of several other Rails I18n solutions announcing themselves as way more lightweight and down to the basics.
Now with the introduction of the new I18n API to Ruby on Rails (which will be released with Rails 2.2 pretty soon) this landscape has changed. Future solutions will comply with and build on this API and therefor can be made much more modular, exchangeable and lightweight.
We’re happy to announce Globalize2 as the first fullfledged I18n solution for Ruby on Rails compatible with the new I18n API.
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