finished initial client side & server side language parsing methods; integrated preloading into ajaxify and server app.js

public/src/ajaxify.js

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 
 
 (function ($) {
+	/*global app, templates, utils*/
 
 	var location = document.location || window.location,
 		rootUrl = location.protocol + '//' + (location.hostname || location.host) + (location.port ? ':' + location.port : ''),
@@ -66,6 +67,8 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 				}, url, RELATIVE_PATH + "/" + url);
 			}
 
+			translator.load(tpl_url);
+
 			jQuery('#footer, #content').fadeOut(100);
 
 			templates.flush();
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 		}
 
 		return false;
-	}
+	};
 
 	$('document').ready(function () {
 		if (!window.history || !window.history.pushState) return; // no ajaxification for old browsers
@@ -127,7 +130,7 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 
 		function nodeName(elem, name) {
 			return elem.nodeName && elem.nodeName.toUpperCase() === name.toUpperCase();
-		};
+		}
 
 		function evalScript(elem) {
 			var data = (elem.text || elem.textContent || elem.innerHTML || ""),
@@ -149,7 +152,7 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 			head.insertBefore(script, head.firstChild);
 			//TODO: remove from head before inserting?, doing this breaks scripts in safari so commented out for now
 			//head.removeChild(script);
-		};
+		}
 
 		var scripts = [],
 			script,
@@ -172,6 +175,6 @@ var ajaxify = {};
 			}
 			evalScript(scripts[i]);
 		}
-	};
+	}
 
 }(jQuery));

public/src/app.js

@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ var socket,
 	}
 
 	jQuery('document').ready(function () {
+		translator.load('global');
+
 		$('#search-form').on('submit', function () {
 			var input = $(this).find('input');
 			ajaxify.go("search/" + input.val(), null, "search");

public/src/translator.js

@@ -2,33 +2,96 @@
 	"use strict";
 	/*global RELATIVE_PATH*/
 
+	/*
+	 * TODO: language en is hardcoded while system is developed.
+	 */
+
 	var translator = {},
-		loaded = {};
+		files = {
+			loaded: {},
+			loading: {},
+			callbacks: {}
+		};
 
 	module.exports = translator;
 
-
+	translator.load = function (filename, callback) {
-	translator.load = function (file, callback) {
+		if (files.loaded[filename] && !files.loading[filename]) {
-		if (loaded[file]) {
+			if (callback) {
-			callback(loaded[file]);
+				callback(files.loaded[filename]);
+			}
+		} else if (files.loading[filename]) {
+			if (callback) {
+				files.callbacks[filename] = files.callbacks[filename] || [];
+				files.callbacks[filename].push(callback);
+			}
 		} else {
 			var timestamp = new Date().getTime(); //debug
 
-			jQuery.getJSON(RELATIVE_PATH + '/language/en/' + file + '.json?v=' + timestamp, function (language) {
+			files.loading[filename] = true;
-				loaded[file] = language;
+
+			jQuery.getJSON(RELATIVE_PATH + '/language/en/' + filename + '.json?v=' + timestamp, function (language) {
+				files.loaded[filename] = language;
+
+				if (callback) {
 					callback(language);
+				}
+
+				while (files.callbacks[filename] && files.callbacks[filename].length) {
+					files.callbacks[filename].pop()(language);
+				}
+
+				files.loading[filename] = false;
 			});
 		}
 	};
 
+	translator.loadAll = function (callback) {
+		var utils = require('./utils.js'),
+			path = require('path'),
+			fs = require('fs');
 
+		utils.walk(path.join(__dirname, '../../', 'public/language/en'), function (err, data) {
+			var loaded = data.length;
 
+			for (var d in data) {
+				if (data.hasOwnProperty(d)) {
+					(function (file) {
+						fs.readFile(file, function (err, json) {
+							files.loaded[path.basename(file).replace('json', '')] = json;
 
+							loaded--;
+							if (loaded === 0) {
+								callback();
+							}
+						});
+					}(data[d]));
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	};
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO: DRY, see translator.translate. The hard part is to make sure both work node.js / js side
+	 */
+	translator.get = function (key) {
+		var parsedKey = key.split(':'),
+			languageFile = parsedKey[0];
+
+		parsedKey = parsedKey[1];
+
+		return files.loaded[languageFile][parsedKey];
+	};
+
+
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Not fully converted to server side yet, ideally server should be able to parse whole templates on demand if necessary
+	 * fix: translator.load should determine if server side and immediately return appropriate language file.
+	 */
 	translator.translate = function (data, callback) {
 		var keys = data.match(/\[\[.*?\]\]/g),
 			loading = 0;
 
-
 		for (var key in keys) {
 			if (keys.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
 				var parsedKey = keys[key].replace('[[', '').replace(']]', '').split(':'),
@@ -36,8 +99,8 @@
 
 				parsedKey = parsedKey[1];
 
-				if (loaded[languageFile]) {
+				if (files.loaded[languageFile]) {
-					data = data.replace(keys[key], loaded[file][parsedKey]);
+					data = data.replace(keys[key], files.loaded[languageFile][parsedKey]);
 				} else {
 					loading++;
 
@@ -51,12 +114,11 @@
 
 				}
 			}
+		}
 
 		checkComplete();
-		}
 
 		function checkComplete() {
-
 			if (loading === 0) {
 				callback(data);
 			}