Inside ASP.NET

What Is Localization?

Since the advent of the Internet, it has never been easier to communicate information to a worldwide audience. In fact, the web is ideally suited for this purpose. However, before taking advantage of this audience, you must be aware that having a worldwide audience for a web application does not necessarily mean that the audience can use it. In fact, most web sites and web applications on the Internet are only written in one language—American English. However, if the customer does not understand American English, the site or application is useless to them, and you are missing out on a very large audience for your products and services. This chapter looks at how to make your web applications global. This is done by creating ...