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Python Django Basics Django Templates Add a Detail View

Paweł Wilkus
Paweł Wilkus
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Posted by Paweł Wilkus
Paweł Wilkus
4,804 Points

Can somebody explain what was that?

Can somebody remeber what was that? {'course': course}

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

When rendering a template, the render shortcut takes a context dictionary as an optional third argument. The keys of the dictionary become available as references in the template, and the dictionary values are the referenced objects.

So {‘course’: course} says allow me to use “course” as a variable in the template to reference the object course that was just created.

Post back if you need more help. Good luck!!!