Issues while writing tests for a component using i18n

Posted on 2019-08-04 in Aurelia • Tagged with JavaScript, TypeScript, Aurelia, i18N

Some time ago, I wanted to add some tests (behavior and render) on an Aurelia component that uses the i18n plugin and more precisely the df attribute in the view to display a localized date.

Since it was a while back (I wanted to write it earlier but couldn't), my …


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Extract translations from your Aurelia app

Posted on 2019-08-03 in Aurelia • Tagged with JavaScript, TypeScript, Aurelia, i18N

If you use Aurelia with the i18n plugin, you will have to maintain JSON files that will map a translation key to an actual translation. Manually editing the file to add/remove keys can be tedious.

Luckily, keys can be extracted automatically thanks to i18next-scanner. It can extract translation keys …


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Resolving blank page problem of Aurelia app with webpack on Safari

Posted on 2016-06-03 in Aurelia • Tagged with aurelia, aurelia-i18n, i18n, Intl, Safari, Webpack

While asking users to test an Aurelia application, it appeared that it didn't work on Safari due to this error:

Error in Safari console: Unhandled rejection webpackContextResolve

It comes from the fact that Safari doesn't support the internationalization (window.Intl) API.

In order to solve it, I had to manually include the Intl.js polyfill. Since it …


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