Jinja

1. Basic Syntax

# Typical Structure

Here is the typical content of a jinja template

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title>My Webpage</title>
</head>
<body>
    <ul id="navigation">
    {% for item in navigation %}
        <li><a href="{{ item.href }}">{{ item.caption }}</a></li>
    {% endfor %}
    </ul>

    <h1>My Webpage</h1>
    {{ a_variable }}

    {# a comment #}
</body>
</html>

There are four types of symbols in Jinja.

{% %} for statement, like for, while statement.
{{ }} for expression, {{ a_variable }} for example.
{# #} for comment.
# ## for line statement.

# Variable

The variable can be accessed by {{ var_name }} syntax. Use