Dennis v0.5 released! New lint rules, new template linter, bunch of fixes, and now a service!

, Will Kahn-Greene | share this (mastodon)
Note: This is an old post in a blog with a lot of posts over a long span of time. The world has changed, technologies have changed, and I've changed. It's likely this is out of date, the code doesn't work, the ideas haven't aged well, or the ideas were terrible to begin with. Let me know if you think this is something that needs updating.

What is it?

Dennis is a Python command line utility (and library) for working with localization. It includes:

  • a linter for finding problems in strings in .po files like invalid Python variable syntax which leads to exceptions

  • a template linter for finding problems in strings in .pot files that make translator's lives difficult

  • a statuser for seeing the high-level translation/error status of your .po files

  • a translator for strings in your .po files to make development easier

v0.5 released!

Since the last release announcement, there have been a handful of new lint rules added:

  • W301: Translation consists of just white space

  • W302: The translation is the same as the original string

  • W303: There are descrepancies in the HTML between the original string and the translated string

Additionally, there's a new template linter for your .pot files which can catch things like:

  • W500: Strings with variable names like o, O, 0, l, 1 which can be hard to read and are often replaced with a similar looking letter by the translator.

  • W501: One-character variable names which don't give translators enough context about what's being translated.

  • W502: Multiple unnamed variables which can't be reordered because the order the variables are expanded is specified outside of the string.

Dennis in action

Want to see Dennis in action, but don't want to install Dennis? I threw it up as a service, though it's configured for SUMO: http://dennis-sumo.paas.allizom.org/

Where to go for more

For more specifics on this release, see here: http://dennis.readthedocs.org/en/latest/changelog.html#version-0-5-august-24th-2014

Documentation and quickstart here: http://dennis.readthedocs.org/en/v0.5/

Source code and issue tracker here: https://github.com/willkg/dennis

Source code and issue tracker for Denise (Dennis-as-a-service): https://github.com/willkg/denise

3 out of 5 summer interns use Dennis to improve their posture while pranking their mentors.

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