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Django Extends Tag

extends makes a child template fill named blocks in a master layout. One navbar, many pages.

← Cycle TagTemplate Filters →

Master template

Define blocks in templates/master.html.

<html>
  <body>
    {% block content %}{% endblock %}
  </body>
</html>

Child template

First line must be extends. Then override blocks.

{% extends "master.html" %}
{% block content %}
  <h1>Members</h1>
{% endblock %}

📘 Real-World Deep Dive

Knowing <strong>Django Extends (Django)</strong> well is what turns Django from a curiosity into a daily tool — you'll reach for it in nearly every real project.

Real-Life Scenario

An end-to-end usage of Django Extends that you'd actually see in a data pipeline or analytics notebook.

Real-Life Example

{# base.html #}
<html><body>
  {% block content %}{% endblock %}
</body></html>

{# child.html #}
{% extends "base.html" %}
{% block content %}
  <h1>Hi</h1>
{% endblock %}

Expected Output

(no output)

Common mistakes

  • Forgetting to call .save() on a model instance after mutation silently persists nothing.
  • Reading every row with Model.objects.all() on a 1 M-row table OOMs the worker — use .iterator() for streaming.
  • Queries inside loops produce N+1 problems — pull related rows with select_related / prefetch_related.
  • Treating Django Extends as a black box without reading the docs — the API has subtle defaults that bite when you scale.

🚀 Performance & Best Practices

  • Add database indexes (db_index=True or Meta.indexes) on columns used in filter.
  • Use cache_page on read-heavy views and set CONN_MAX_AGE to keep DB connections warm.
  • Generate migrations with python manage.py makemigrations --dry-run --verbosity 3 and review before committing.
  • When working with Django, prefer vectorised / batched operations over Python loops.

🧪 Try It Yourself

  1. Reproduce the snippet on a representative slice of your own data.
  2. Profile the snippet with cProfile or timeit and find the single biggest improvement.
  3. Generalise the snippet into a small, reusable function you can drop into future projects.

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