Why shared layouts matter
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Django Starter Lab · Lesson 5 of 10
Template Inheritance and Shared Layouts
Reuse common page structure so small Django sites stay cleaner as they grow.
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What you will learn
- Explain why repeated page layout becomes hard to maintain.
- Describe what a base template is.
- Explain how child templates fill named blocks.
- Identify which page parts belong in a shared base template versus a child template.
- Read small base and child template examples and separate shared structure from changing content.
- Avoid common beginner mistakes with missing extends tags, mismatched block names, and repeated full-page markup.
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19 minute lesson with 8 sections, 4 exercises, 3 checkpoint questions, and 1 homework submission.
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What a base template is
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What child templates do
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Worked example: base.html
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Worked example: two child templates
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What changes in one place
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Think like a builder
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Common mistakes to avoid
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