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Shared template syntax

Differences b/w DTL and Jinja2

• Feature	Django Template Language (DTL)	Jinja2
  More powerful filters	❌ No (limited filters)	✅ Yes (many built-in)
  Function calls in templates	❌ No	✅ Yes
  Dictionary key access	❌ Requires get_item	✅ Works natively
  Whitespace control	❌ No {%- %}	✅ {%- %} for trimming
  Macros (like functions)	❌ No	✅ Yes
  More flexible includes	❌ No variable support	✅ Supports with variables

Django Template Language (DTL)

Jinja2