Template configuration and directories in Django - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to add the templates directory path in Django settings.

Django

TEMPLATES = [{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [[1]],
    'APP_DIRS': True,
}]

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A'templates/'

B'media/'

C'static/'

D'scripts/'

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Common Mistakes

Using 'static/' instead of 'templates/'

Leaving DIRS empty when you have custom template folders

The DIRS list should include the path to your templates folder, usually 'templates/'.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to enable Django to find templates inside app directories.

Django

TEMPLATES = [{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [],
    'APP_DIRS': [1],
}]

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ATrue

B'enabled'

CFalse

DNone

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Common Mistakes

Setting APP_DIRS to False disables app template loading

Using string values instead of boolean

Setting APP_DIRS to True tells Django to look for templates inside each app's templates folder.

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hard

Fix the error in the template directory path to use an absolute path.

Django

import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

TEMPLATES = [{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, [1])],
    'APP_DIRS': True,
}]

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A'templates/'

B'/templates/'

C'./templates/'

D'templates'

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Common Mistakes

Using '/templates/' which creates an absolute path ignoring BASE_DIR

Using './templates/' which is relative and may cause errors

Use 'templates' without a trailing slash inside os.path.join to correctly build the absolute path.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to configure Django to load templates from a custom directory and app directories.

Django

import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

TEMPLATES = [{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, [1])],
    'APP_DIRS': [2],
}]

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A'custom_templates'

BFalse

CTrue

D'templates'

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'templates' instead of the custom folder name

Setting APP_DIRS to False disables app template loading

Set DIRS to your custom folder name and APP_DIRS to True to load templates from both places.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to correctly set up template directories and enable app templates in Django settings.

Django

import os
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))

TEMPLATES = [{
    'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
    'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, [1])],
    'APP_DIRS': [2],
    'OPTIONS': {
        'context_processors': [
            'django.template.context_processors.debug',
            'django.template.context_processors.request',
            [3]
        ],
    },
}]

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A'templates'

BTrue

C'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth'

DFalse

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Omitting the auth context processor

Setting APP_DIRS to False

Using incorrect directory names

Use 'templates' for the directory, set APP_DIRS to True, and include the auth context processor for user info in templates.