Working with templates

The Django template language provides us with a set of template tags and template filters that are used to perform simple actions directly within a template. It makes it easy to perform simple logic operations, such as Python operations. Tags and filters are actually two different things that closely resemble each other. The Django template language can be closely compared to Shopify's Liquid syntax and is similar to the Razor syntax used in ASP.NET frameworks, but the Django template language is a bit easier to use and read. Django also allows us to create custom tags and filters for use within a project. Custom filters are most commonly used to transform a single context variable. Custom tags provide for more robust and complex use cases. For a complete breakdown of all of the template tags and template filters that exist, read the official Django documentation about them here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/templates/builtins/.

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