Building a global Internet application that supports different locales requires good development practices. A locale refers to a national language and the region in which the language is spoken. The application itself must be aware of user locale preferences and present content following the cultural convention expected by the user. It is important to present data with appropriate locale characteristics, such as using the correct date and number formats. Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) is fully internationalized to provide a global platform for developing and deploying global applications.
This chapter discusses global application development in a Java and Oracle Database 12c Release 1 (12.1) environment. It addresses the basic tasks associated with developing and deploying global Internet applications, including developing locale awareness, constructing HTML content in the user-preferred language, and presenting data following the cultural conventions of the user locale.
This chapter has the following topics: