Django Lesson 5: Templates
🐍 Django CourseLesson 5 of 10 · 50% complete
Django templates are HTML files with special Django template language tags for displaying data, loops, and conditionals.
Template Setup
# myblog/settings.py
TEMPLATES = [{
"DIRS": [BASE_DIR / "templates"], # global templates dir
# ...
}]
# Create: templates/base.html
# Create: templates/posts/list.htmlBase Template
<!-- templates/base.html -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>{% block title %}My Blog{% endblock %}</title>
</head>
<body>
<nav><a href="/">Home</a> | <a href="/posts/">Posts</a></nav>
{% block content %}{% endblock %}
<footer>My Blog 2024</footer>
</body>
</html>Child Template
<!-- templates/posts/list.html -->
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block title %}All Posts{% endblock %}
{% block content %}
<h1>Blog Posts ({{ posts.count }})</h1>
{% for post in posts %}
<article>
<h2><a href="/posts/{{ post.slug }}/">{{ post.title }}</a></h2>
<p>By {{ post.author.username }} on {{ post.created_at|date:"M d, Y" }}</p>
<p>{{ post.content|truncatewords:30 }}</p>
</article>
{% empty %}
<p>No posts yet.</p>
{% endfor %}
{% endblock %}🏋️ Practice Task
Create a base template with navigation. Create templates for: task list (shows all tasks, grouped by project), task detail (full task info, edit link). Use template filters: |date:”Y-m-d”, |default:”No description”, |yesno:”Done,Pending”.
💡 Hint: {% for project, tasks in grouped.items %} … {% endfor %}. Group in view: from itertools import groupby
