Setting default language to 'dev'

[zync-dreifschneider]

Do you have a documentation issue?

In the fallback section you describe that you set the default language to 'dev', however it is set to 'en-AU'. Is this a mistake or is the usual developer language 'en-AU'? I also see that in this documentation there is explicitly a 'dev' language set, so I think it must be changed: https://www.i18next.com/overview/configuration-options

The default is set to dev which means developer language. At first this might look strange to set the default to a language, but this enables to set the saveMissing feature to send new keys to that developer specific language. From there your translators can modify the texts to a translation file containing, for instance, proper English, including defined terminology. For production use, just set fallbackLng to an existing language.

Do you have a technical/code issue?

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Are you sure this is an issue with i18next or are you just looking for some help?

I think it is an issue with the documentation

Documentation issue

Correct the setting of default language to 'dev' instead of using 'en-AU'. https://www.i18next.com/principles/fallback#fallback-to-different-languages

// finally, developer language
-     fallbacks.push('en-AU');
+    fallbacks.push('dev');
    return fallbacks;

Motivation

It was confusing for me in the first glance to understand why you describe to set it to 'dev' but on the other way you set it to 'en-AU'.

[adrai]

It may be I misunderstand, but that's just an example for a custom fallbackLng function. 'dev' is the default: https://github.com/i18next/i18next/blob/master/src/defaults.js#L8

[adrai]

ahh, now I know what you mean

[adrai]

should be fixed: https://www.i18next.com/principles/fallback#fallback-to-different-languages