Company
Date Published
Author
Chidume Nnamdi
Word count
4972
Language
English
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None

Summary

Chidume Nnamdi, through a guest post, outlines a comprehensive tutorial on building a multilingual news application using Strapi and React.js, leveraging Strapi's i18n plugin for content internationalization. Strapi, an open-source headless content management system based on Node.js, facilitates the creation of API endpoints without server-side coding. The guide explains setting up Strapi to manage backend API endpoints and using React.js for the frontend, showcasing how to enable localization for various languages such as English and French. The tutorial provides detailed steps for scaffolding a Strapi project, installing the i18n plugin, and setting up content models with localization. Additionally, it guides through building the React frontend, enabling CRUD operations via a user-friendly interface, and fetching localized content from the Strapi backend. The article demonstrates the integration of Strapi's internationalization features with a React app, enhancing its usability across different languages, and concludes with a practical test of adding and displaying content in multiple languages, illustrating the simplicity and effectiveness of Strapi's internationalization capabilities.