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Define the template variables </span> </a> </li> </ul> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class=md-content data-md-component=content> <article class="md-content__inner md-typeset"> <a href=https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/django-components/edit/master/docs/concepts/getting_started/your_first_component.md title="Edit this page" class="md-content__button md-icon"> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M10 20H6V4h7v5h5v3.1l2-2V8l-6-6H6c-1.1 0-2 .9-2 2v16c0 1.1.9 2 2 2h4zm10.2-7c.1 0 .3.1.4.2l1.3 1.3c.2.2.2.6 0 .8l-1 1-2.1-2.1 1-1c.1-.1.2-.2.4-.2m0 3.9L14.1 23H12v-2.1l6.1-6.1z"/></svg> </a> <a href=https://github.com/EmilStenstrom/django-components/raw/master/docs/concepts/getting_started/your_first_component.md title="View source of this page" class="md-content__button md-icon"> <svg xmlns=http://www.w3.org/2000/svg viewbox="0 0 24 24"><path d="M17 18c.56 0 1 .44 1 1s-.44 1-1 1-1-.44-1-1 .44-1 1-1m0-3c-2.73 0-5.06 1.66-6 4 .94 2.34 3.27 4 6 4s5.06-1.66 6-4c-.94-2.34-3.27-4-6-4m0 6.5a2.5 2.5 0 0 1-2.5-2.5 2.5 2.5 0 0 1 2.5-2.5 2.5 2.5 0 0 1 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0 0 1-2.5 2.5M9.27 20H6V4h7v5h5v4.07c.7.08 1.36.25 2 .49V8l-6-6H6a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v16a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h4.5a8.2 8.2 0 0 1-1.23-2"/></svg> </a> <h1>Create your first component</h1> <p>A component in django-components can be as simple as a Django template and Python code to declare the component:</p> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>calendar.html</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-0-1 name=__codelineno-0-1 href=#__codelineno-0-1></a><span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>div</span> <span class=na>class</span><span class=o>=</span><span class=s>&quot;calendar&quot;</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-0-2 name=__codelineno-0-2 href=#__codelineno-0-2></a> Today&#39;s date is <span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span><span class=cp>{{</span> <span class=nv>date</span> <span class=cp>}}</span><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-0-3 name=__codelineno-0-3 href=#__codelineno-0-3></a><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>div</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>calendar.py</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-1-1 name=__codelineno-1-1 href=#__codelineno-1-1></a><span class=kn>from</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nn>django_components</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kn>import</span> <span class=n>Component</span>
<a id=__codelineno-1-2 name=__codelineno-1-2 href=#__codelineno-1-2></a>
<a id=__codelineno-1-3 name=__codelineno-1-3 href=#__codelineno-1-3></a><span class=k>class</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nc>Calendar</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>Component</span><span class=p>):</span>
<a id=__codelineno-1-4 name=__codelineno-1-4 href=#__codelineno-1-4></a> <span class=n>template_file</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;calendar.html&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>Or a combination of Django template, Python, CSS, and Javascript:</p> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>calendar.html</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-2-1 name=__codelineno-2-1 href=#__codelineno-2-1></a><span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>div</span> <span class=na>class</span><span class=o>=</span><span class=s>&quot;calendar&quot;</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-2-2 name=__codelineno-2-2 href=#__codelineno-2-2></a> Today&#39;s date is <span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span><span class=cp>{{</span> <span class=nv>date</span> <span class=cp>}}</span><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-2-3 name=__codelineno-2-3 href=#__codelineno-2-3></a><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>div</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>calendar.css</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-3-1 name=__codelineno-3-1 href=#__codelineno-3-1></a><span class=p>.</span><span class=nc>calendar</span><span class=w> </span><span class=p>{</span>
<a id=__codelineno-3-2 name=__codelineno-3-2 href=#__codelineno-3-2></a><span class=w> </span><span class=k>width</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=mi>200</span><span class=kt>px</span><span class=p>;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-3-3 name=__codelineno-3-3 href=#__codelineno-3-3></a><span class=w> </span><span class=k>background</span><span class=p>:</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kc>pink</span><span class=p>;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-3-4 name=__codelineno-3-4 href=#__codelineno-3-4></a><span class=p>}</span>
</code></pre></div> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>calendar.js</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-4-1 name=__codelineno-4-1 href=#__codelineno-4-1></a><span class=nb>document</span><span class=p>.</span><span class=nx>querySelector</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s2>&quot;.calendar&quot;</span><span class=p>).</span><span class=nx>onclick</span><span class=w> </span><span class=o>=</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kd>function</span><span class=w> </span><span class=p>()</span><span class=w> </span><span class=p>{</span>
<a id=__codelineno-4-2 name=__codelineno-4-2 href=#__codelineno-4-2></a><span class=w> </span><span class=nx>alert</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=s2>&quot;Clicked calendar!&quot;</span><span class=p>);</span>
<a id=__codelineno-4-3 name=__codelineno-4-3 href=#__codelineno-4-3></a><span class=p>};</span>
</code></pre></div> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>calendar.py</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-5-1 name=__codelineno-5-1 href=#__codelineno-5-1></a><span class=kn>from</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nn>django_components</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kn>import</span> <span class=n>Component</span>
<a id=__codelineno-5-2 name=__codelineno-5-2 href=#__codelineno-5-2></a>
<a id=__codelineno-5-3 name=__codelineno-5-3 href=#__codelineno-5-3></a><span class=k>class</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nc>Calendar</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>Component</span><span class=p>):</span>
<a id=__codelineno-5-4 name=__codelineno-5-4 href=#__codelineno-5-4></a> <span class=n>template_file</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;calendar.html&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-5-5 name=__codelineno-5-5 href=#__codelineno-5-5></a> <span class=n>js_file</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;calendar.js&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-5-6 name=__codelineno-5-6 href=#__codelineno-5-6></a> <span class=n>css_file</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;calendar.css&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>Alternatively, you can "inline" HTML, JS, and CSS right into the component class:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-6-1 name=__codelineno-6-1 href=#__codelineno-6-1></a><span class=kn>from</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nn>django_components</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kn>import</span> <span class=n>Component</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-2 name=__codelineno-6-2 href=#__codelineno-6-2></a>
<a id=__codelineno-6-3 name=__codelineno-6-3 href=#__codelineno-6-3></a><span class=k>class</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nc>Calendar</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>Component</span><span class=p>):</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-4 name=__codelineno-6-4 href=#__codelineno-6-4></a> <span class=n>template</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-5 name=__codelineno-6-5 href=#__codelineno-6-5></a><span class=s2> &lt;div class=&quot;calendar&quot;&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-6 name=__codelineno-6-6 href=#__codelineno-6-6></a><span class=s2> Today&#39;s date is &lt;span&gt;{{ date }}&lt;/span&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-7 name=__codelineno-6-7 href=#__codelineno-6-7></a><span class=s2> &lt;/div&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-8 name=__codelineno-6-8 href=#__codelineno-6-8></a><span class=s2> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-9 name=__codelineno-6-9 href=#__codelineno-6-9></a>
<a id=__codelineno-6-10 name=__codelineno-6-10 href=#__codelineno-6-10></a> <span class=n>css</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-11 name=__codelineno-6-11 href=#__codelineno-6-11></a><span class=s2> .calendar {</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-12 name=__codelineno-6-12 href=#__codelineno-6-12></a><span class=s2> width: 200px;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-13 name=__codelineno-6-13 href=#__codelineno-6-13></a><span class=s2> background: pink;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-14 name=__codelineno-6-14 href=#__codelineno-6-14></a><span class=s2> }</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-15 name=__codelineno-6-15 href=#__codelineno-6-15></a><span class=s2> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-16 name=__codelineno-6-16 href=#__codelineno-6-16></a>
<a id=__codelineno-6-17 name=__codelineno-6-17 href=#__codelineno-6-17></a> <span class=n>js</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-18 name=__codelineno-6-18 href=#__codelineno-6-18></a><span class=s2> document.querySelector(&quot;.calendar&quot;).onclick = function () {</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-19 name=__codelineno-6-19 href=#__codelineno-6-19></a><span class=s2> alert(&quot;Clicked calendar!&quot;);</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-20 name=__codelineno-6-20 href=#__codelineno-6-20></a><span class=s2> };</span>
<a id=__codelineno-6-21 name=__codelineno-6-21 href=#__codelineno-6-21></a><span class=s2> &quot;&quot;&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class=admonition-title>Note</p> <p>If you "inline" the HTML, JS and CSS code into the Python class, you can set up <a href=../../../guides/setup/syntax_highlight/ >syntax highlighting</a> for better experience. However, autocompletion / intellisense does not work with syntax highlighting.</p> </div> <p>We'll start by creating a component that defines only a Django template:</p> <h3 id=1-create-project-structure>1. Create project structure<a class=headerlink href=#1-create-project-structure title="Permanent link">¤</a></h3> <p>Start by creating empty <code>calendar.py</code> and <code>calendar.html</code> files:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-7-1 name=__codelineno-7-1 href=#__codelineno-7-1></a>sampleproject/
<a id=__codelineno-7-2 name=__codelineno-7-2 href=#__codelineno-7-2></a>├── calendarapp/
<a id=__codelineno-7-3 name=__codelineno-7-3 href=#__codelineno-7-3></a>├── components/ 🆕
<a id=__codelineno-7-4 name=__codelineno-7-4 href=#__codelineno-7-4></a>│ └── calendar/ 🆕
<a id=__codelineno-7-5 name=__codelineno-7-5 href=#__codelineno-7-5></a>│ ├── calendar.py 🆕
<a id=__codelineno-7-6 name=__codelineno-7-6 href=#__codelineno-7-6></a>│ └── calendar.html 🆕
<a id=__codelineno-7-7 name=__codelineno-7-7 href=#__codelineno-7-7></a>├── sampleproject/
<a id=__codelineno-7-8 name=__codelineno-7-8 href=#__codelineno-7-8></a>├── manage.py
<a id=__codelineno-7-9 name=__codelineno-7-9 href=#__codelineno-7-9></a>└── requirements.txt
</code></pre></div> <h3 id=2-write-django-template>2. Write Django template<a class=headerlink href=#2-write-django-template title="Permanent link">¤</a></h3> <p>Inside <code>calendar.html</code>, write:</p> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>[project root]/components/calendar/calendar.html</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-8-1 name=__codelineno-8-1 href=#__codelineno-8-1></a><span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>div</span> <span class=na>class</span><span class=o>=</span><span class=s>&quot;calendar&quot;</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-8-2 name=__codelineno-8-2 href=#__codelineno-8-2></a> Today&#39;s date is <span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span><span class=cp>{{</span> <span class=nv>date</span> <span class=cp>}}</span><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-8-3 name=__codelineno-8-3 href=#__codelineno-8-3></a><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>div</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>In this example we've defined one template variable <code>date</code>. You can use any and as many variables as you like. These variables will be defined in the Python file in <a href=../../../reference/api#django_components.Component.get_context_data><code>get_context_data()</code></a> when creating an instance of this component.</p> <div class="admonition note"> <p class=admonition-title>Note</p> <p>The template will be rendered with whatever template backend you've specified in your Django settings file.</p> <p>Currently django-components supports only the default <code>"django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates"</code> template backend!</p> </div> <h3 id=3-create-new-component-in-python>3. Create new Component in Python<a class=headerlink href=#3-create-new-component-in-python title="Permanent link">¤</a></h3> <p>In <code>calendar.py</code>, create a subclass of <a href=../../../reference/api#django_components.Component>Component</a> to create a new component.</p> <p>To link the HTML template with our component, set <a href=../../../reference/api#django_components.Component.template_file><code>template_file</code></a> to the name of the HTML file.</p> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>[project root]/components/calendar/calendar.py</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-9-1 name=__codelineno-9-1 href=#__codelineno-9-1></a><span class=kn>from</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nn>django_components</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kn>import</span> <span class=n>Component</span>
<a id=__codelineno-9-2 name=__codelineno-9-2 href=#__codelineno-9-2></a>
<a id=__codelineno-9-3 name=__codelineno-9-3 href=#__codelineno-9-3></a><span class=k>class</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nc>Calendar</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>Component</span><span class=p>):</span>
<a id=__codelineno-9-4 name=__codelineno-9-4 href=#__codelineno-9-4></a> <span class=n>template_file</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;calendar.html&quot;</span>
</code></pre></div> <div class="admonition note"> <p class=admonition-title>Note</p> <p>The path to the template file can be either:</p> <ol> <li>Relative to the component's python file (as seen above),</li> <li>Relative to any of the component directories as defined by <a href=../../../reference/settings/#django_components.app_settings.ComponentsSettings.dirs><code>COMPONENTS.dirs</code></a> and/or <a href=../../../reference/settings/#django_components.app_settings.ComponentsSettings.app_dirs><code>COMPONENTS.app_dirs</code></a> (e.g. <code>[your apps]/components</code> dir and <code>[project root]/components</code>)</li> </ol> </div> <h3 id=4-define-the-template-variables>4. Define the template variables<a class=headerlink href=#4-define-the-template-variables title="Permanent link">¤</a></h3> <p>In <code>calendar.html</code>, we've used the variable <code>date</code>. So we need to define it for the template to work.</p> <p>This is done using <a href=../../../reference/api#django_components.Component.get_context_data><code>Component.get_context_data()</code></a>. It's a function that returns a dictionary. The entries in this dictionary will become available within the template as variables, e.g. as <code>{{ date }}</code>.</p> <div class=highlight><span class=filename>[project root]/components/calendar/calendar.py</span><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-10-1 name=__codelineno-10-1 href=#__codelineno-10-1></a><span class=kn>from</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nn>django_components</span><span class=w> </span><span class=kn>import</span> <span class=n>Component</span>
<a id=__codelineno-10-2 name=__codelineno-10-2 href=#__codelineno-10-2></a>
<a id=__codelineno-10-3 name=__codelineno-10-3 href=#__codelineno-10-3></a><span class=k>class</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nc>Calendar</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=n>Component</span><span class=p>):</span>
<a id=__codelineno-10-4 name=__codelineno-10-4 href=#__codelineno-10-4></a> <span class=n>template_file</span> <span class=o>=</span> <span class=s2>&quot;calendar.html&quot;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-10-5 name=__codelineno-10-5 href=#__codelineno-10-5></a>
<a id=__codelineno-10-6 name=__codelineno-10-6 href=#__codelineno-10-6></a> <span class=k>def</span><span class=w> </span><span class=nf>get_context_data</span><span class=p>(</span><span class=bp>self</span><span class=p>):</span>
<a id=__codelineno-10-7 name=__codelineno-10-7 href=#__codelineno-10-7></a> <span class=k>return</span> <span class=p>{</span>
<a id=__codelineno-10-8 name=__codelineno-10-8 href=#__codelineno-10-8></a> <span class=s2>&quot;date&quot;</span><span class=p>:</span> <span class=s2>&quot;1970-01-01&quot;</span><span class=p>,</span>
<a id=__codelineno-10-9 name=__codelineno-10-9 href=#__codelineno-10-9></a> <span class=p>}</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>Now, when we render the component with <a href=../../../reference/api#django_components.Component.render><code>Component.render()</code></a> method:</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-11-1 name=__codelineno-11-1 href=#__codelineno-11-1></a><span class=n>Calendar</span><span class=o>.</span><span class=n>render</span><span class=p>()</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>It will output</p> <div class=highlight><pre><span></span><code><a id=__codelineno-12-1 name=__codelineno-12-1 href=#__codelineno-12-1></a><span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>div</span> <span class=na>class</span><span class=o>=</span><span class=s>&quot;calendar&quot;</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-12-2 name=__codelineno-12-2 href=#__codelineno-12-2></a> Today&#39;s date is <span class=p>&lt;</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>1970-01-01<span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>span</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
<a id=__codelineno-12-3 name=__codelineno-12-3 href=#__codelineno-12-3></a><span class=p>&lt;/</span><span class=nt>div</span><span class=p>&gt;</span>
</code></pre></div> <p>And voilá!! 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