# Django Templates

## NOTES

- The name should map to the URL.
- No distro or app name prefix, they are namespaced by their dirs already
- Since templates are made in python, the are `named_with_underscores.html` (not web style dashes).

## URL PARAMETERS IN THE TEMPLATE

- All views (except `generic.View`) from `django.forms.generic` inherit from `ContextMixin`
- `ContextMixin` defines the method `get_context_data`:
    ```python
    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        kwargs.setdefault('view', self)
        if self.extra_context is not None:
            kwargs.update(self.extra_context)
        return kwargs
    ```
    So when overriding one must be careful to extends `super`'s `kwargs`:
    ```py
    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        kwargs = super().get_context_data(**kwargs)
        kwargs['page_title'] = "Documentation"
        return kwargs
    ```