It's a shame that Django's templates are still so bad.
You can't just import and call some arbitrary python function. You most likely need to write a template filter or tag [0]. Maybe there's a good reason for this but it just feels like I'm working around a weird issue in the framework.
Also, I can't use parentheses inside if statements in a template. It's a strange restriction.
I know that Jinja2 -- which is good -- is supported. But it's a second choice, requires some setup and it's not the usual way of doing things.
Don't get me wrong. I like Django and it's still far, far ahead of most other web frameworks. But, because of these issues and also because the frontend story in Django is not that great I find myself reaching for Rails, these days.
You can't just import and call some arbitrary python function. You most likely need to write a template filter or tag [0]. Maybe there's a good reason for this but it just feels like I'm working around a weird issue in the framework.
Also, I can't use parentheses inside if statements in a template. It's a strange restriction.
I know that Jinja2 -- which is good -- is supported. But it's a second choice, requires some setup and it's not the usual way of doing things.
Don't get me wrong. I like Django and it's still far, far ahead of most other web frameworks. But, because of these issues and also because the frontend story in Django is not that great I find myself reaching for Rails, these days.
[0] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.1/howto/custom-template-...