Using Templates - Caleb Django Crash Course

Using Templates

• Modify views.py

  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.shortcuts import render
  
  # 3 parameters for render - request, template name / location, data dictionary
  def movies(request):
      return render(request, "movies/movies.html", {"movies": ["movie1", "movie2"]})
  
  def home(request):
      return HttpResponse("Home Page")
  

• create folder movies/templates/movies
• create file movies.html in movies/templates/movies

  <!-- Refers to the dictionary in views.py which we called movies -->
  
  {{ movies }}
  

• in movies/settings.py add movies to installed apps so that django can find the template
• Now see ['movie1', 'movie2'] at movies/
• Easier to understand maybe with dictionary created separately

  from django.http import HttpResponse
  from django.shortcuts import render
  
  data = {"movies": ["movie1", "movie2"]}
  
  # 3 parameters for render - request, template name / location, data dictionary
  def movies(request):
      #   return render(request, "movies/movies.html", {"movies": ["movie1", "movie2"]})
      return render(request, "movies/movies.html", data)
  
  def home(request):
      return HttpResponse("Home Page")