Chapter 2, The Basic Flow of Liquid

Question 1

What type of delimiter should we use if we are expecting an output as a result?

Answer

If we expect output from Liquid code, we should use a double bracket delimiter, as we should only use a bracket with a percentage when performing a certain logic. We can remind ourselves about this within the Understanding Liquid and its delimiters section.

Question 2

What will the result of the following conditional be, and why?

{% if collection.all_products_count > "20" %}
  The number of products in a collection is greater 
   than 20!
{% endif %}

Answer

Considering that collection.all_products_count by default returns a number as its value, where the value we are comparing it against is a string since it is encapsulated inside the parentheses. Since we cannot compare values of different types, the conditional will return false, and our message will not be shown. We can remind ourselves...