[FIXED] django template language is not the same as jinja2

Issue

i'm new in Django. i'm really curious to Django template language. i have used jinja2 before Django template language. Some people says that jinja2 and Django template language are the same. But i stuck on if statement on Django template language. usually when we are comparing some value to "True" we are usually not using "==" :

{% if somevalue %}
.....
{% endif %}

instead of....

{% if somevalue == true %}
.....
{% endif %}

i can't do the first method... why ???

Solution

Jinja templates took inspiration from (copied and extended) Django templates which is why they are similar in many ways.

The first "if" block will be rendered if somevalue is "truthy" (not False, 0, blank string, empty collection or objects class has a __bool__ method that is returning True) and the second "if" block will be rendered if somevalue is equal to True which would be when somevalue is either True or 1

Answered By - Iain Shelvington