.NET globalization and localization

between Localization and Globalization?

In Globalization, an application is developed to support various languages and cultures.

Its features and code design independent of a single language or locale. .NET globalization and localization - 

What is the difference

In Localization, an application is adapted for a local market. It may include translation of the UI to the local language and customizing its features if necessary.

What is Unicode?

Unicode is a 16-bit character encoding scheme that enables characters from various languages to be used. The characters are taken from languages of Western European, Eastern European, Cyrillic, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Chinese, Japanese, etc regions. It is defined by ISO 10646. 

What are resource file and how do we generate resource file?

Resource files are used to separate the implementation of the application from its User Interface. Thus, it eliminates the need to change a various sections of code to add a different language.

Describe how to implement globalization and localization in the use interface in .NET.

Globalization is the process of making an application that supports multiple cultures without mixing up the business logic and the culture related information of that application.

Localization involves adapting a global application and applying culture specific alterations to it.

The classes and the interfaces provided by the System.Resources allow storing culture specific resources.

The ResourceManager class performs:

• A look up for culture-specific resources
• Provision of resource fallback when a localized resource does not exist
• Supports for resource serialization

Explain how to prepare culture-specific formatting in .NET.

The CutureInfo class can be used for this purpose. It represents information about a specific culture including the culture names, the writing system, and the calendar. It also provides an access to objects that provide information for common operations like date formatting and string sorting.

Explain the use of Resource Manager Class in .NET.

The ResourceManager class performs:

• A look up for culture-specific resources
• Provision of resource fallback when a localized resource does not exist

Supports for resource serialization