Server-Side Templating Jinja2 Handlebars
Use template engines to render HTML dynamically on the server.
Why Server-Side Templating?
Server-side templates generate HTML on the server before sending to the browser. They give SEO-friendly markup on first byte, work without JavaScript, and avoid the "blank page until JS loads" problem of pure client-side rendering.
Jinja2 (Python)
Jinja2 is the de facto Python templating library — used by Flask, Django (via included or jinja2 backend), Pelican, mkdocs. Logic in {% %} tags, expressions in {{ }}: <h1>{{ title }}</h1> for variables, {% for item in items %} for loops.
<ul>
{% for item in items %}
<li>{{ item.name }} — ${{ item.price }}</li>
{% endfor %}
</ul>All lessons in this course
- Component Extraction and Partials
- Server-Side Templating Jinja2 Handlebars
- HTML in Design Systems
- Documentation and Styleguide Integration