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TypeScript localization
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import React, { useContext, useState } from "react"; | |
import { BrowserRouter, Link } from "react-router-dom"; | |
import { Route, Switch } from "react-router"; | |
import { format, formatDistance, formatRelative } from "date-fns"; | |
import nb from "date-fns/locale/nb"; | |
import enUS from "date-fns/locale/en-US"; | |
type AppLocale = "en" | "nb"; | |
interface ApplicationTexts extends Record<AppLocale, string> { | |
hello: string; | |
home: string; | |
pickLanguage: string; | |
} | |
const english: ApplicationTexts = { | |
en: "English", | |
hello: "Hello", | |
home: "Home", | |
nb: "Norwegian", | |
pickLanguage: "Pick language", | |
}; | |
const norwegian: ApplicationTexts = { | |
en: "Engelsk", | |
hello: "Hei", | |
home: "Forside", | |
nb: "Norsk", | |
pickLanguage: "Velg språk", | |
}; | |
const LanguageContext = React.createContext<{ | |
locale: AppLocale; | |
texts: ApplicationTexts; | |
setLocale(value: AppLocale): void; | |
}>({ | |
locale: "nb", | |
texts: norwegian, | |
// eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-empty-function | |
setLocale: () => {}, | |
}); | |
const textLanguages: Record<AppLocale, ApplicationTexts> = { | |
en: english, | |
nb: norwegian, | |
}; | |
const dateLocales: Record<AppLocale, Locale> = { | |
en: enUS, | |
nb: nb, | |
}; | |
function RelativeTime({ date }: { date: Date }) { | |
const { locale } = useContext(LanguageContext); | |
return ( | |
<div> | |
{formatDistance(date, new Date(), { | |
addSuffix: true, | |
locale: dateLocales[locale], | |
})} | |
</div> | |
); | |
} | |
function Application() { | |
const { texts, setLocale } = useContext(LanguageContext); | |
return ( | |
<BrowserRouter> | |
<header> | |
<Link to={"/"}>{texts.home}</Link> | |
<Link to={"/language"}>{texts.pickLanguage}</Link> | |
</header> | |
<Switch> | |
<Route path={"/language"}> | |
<div> | |
<h1>{texts.pickLanguage}</h1> | |
<div> | |
<button onClick={() => setLocale("en")}>{texts.en}</button> | |
<button onClick={() => setLocale("nb")}>{texts.nb}</button> | |
</div> | |
</div> | |
</Route> | |
<Route> | |
<div>{texts.hello}</div> | |
</Route> | |
</Switch> | |
<footer> | |
<RelativeTime date={new Date(2021, 1, 1)} /> | |
</footer> | |
</BrowserRouter> | |
); | |
} | |
export function LocalizationDemo() { | |
const [language, setLanguage] = useState<AppLocale>("en"); | |
return ( | |
<LanguageContext.Provider | |
value={{ | |
texts: textLanguages[language], | |
locale: language, | |
setLocale: setLanguage, | |
}} | |
> | |
<Application /> | |
</LanguageContext.Provider> | |
); | |
} |
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