How do you organize your resource files?

Question

We are trying to use resource files (.resx) in an ASP.NET application to store localized values. A site can have thousands of lines that we want to keep.

Is there a best practice for organizing values ​​in one or more resource files? Do you save all values ​​in one file? Do you separate multiple resource files by subject? Perhaps there is a common resource file for the general values ​​of the site, that is, "OK", "Continue", etc.?

It seems that storing all resources in one file will have support.

Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Yes, one file seems like a bad choice in an application with a moderate size or more :-)

We mainly use this approach:

• each web form has its own local resources for buttons, tags, etc.
• there are a number of global resources organized by topic — for example, a “common” resource for things like “yes,” “no,” etc .; one for error messages that appear everywhere, etc. - several global resources based on the area of ​​use.
• any other code (more business code, not ASPX / ASCX code) has its own resource files

This is always a balance between the presence of hoodles files and the presence of files with too many records, although :-)

Mark