This book is designed for readers who learn by doing and employs many examples and screenshots to let the reader dig in and start coding. This book isnt designed to be a reference; instead it has a practical, example-driven approach that teaches you by following along with the examples in the chapters. When you have completed this book, you will fully understand how the template system works, how to extend it when you have specialized needs, and how to optimize the performance and usability of your content. This book is for web developers and template authors who want to fully understand and utilize the Django template system. The reader should have completed the introductory tutorials on the Django projects website and some experience with the framework will be very helpful. Basic knowledge of Python and HTML is assumed.