Chapter 43 ColdFusion and Globalization

IN THIS CHAPTER

Why Go Global? E1

What Is Globalization? E2

Going Global E3

Better G11N Practices E40

In this chapter, we’ll look at how ColdFusion can help you build truly global ColdFusion applications. Before we begin, let’s consider some fundamental globalization concepts.

Why Go Global?

Taking the high road, I suppose we can say that Web applications need to go global in order to deal with humanity’s vast diversity—truth be told, it’s all about money. If you’ve been paying attention to Internet statistics for the past few years, you already know that much of the new growth in the Internet is occurring outside the United States (in fact, North America is already at almost 75 percent Internet penetration). ...

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