Unicode for programmers

Thursday, February 16th, 2006

Programmers should understand Unicode because
* It is one of the cornerstones of software internationalization.
* The Web is full of Unicode data.
* XML and HTML are based on Unicode.
* WinNT-based operating systems use Unicode for all string values internally.

This article is a short course on Unicode programming.

Every programmer, but especially Web developers, should read it.