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Marcelo Duarte Fernandes
Marcelo Duarte Fernandes

Reputation: 84

Is there any benefit to switching from django template to jinja if I only have simple templates?

I have an application where the vast majority of business logic is in the backend. I use django templates along with context variables to populate those templates.

In majority, they are all simple and don't have fancy logic.

My question is: Is there any improvement in terms of performance or readability or any other benefit if I switch from django templates to jinja in this particular case?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 616

Answers (1)

Abhimanyu
Abhimanyu

Reputation: 735

There will be a performance difference between Jinja and Django templates, but it's a small part of the total performance landscape. In particular, the network roundtrip involved in serving a request is an order of magnitude greater than rendering a template.

From memory the "20×" figure is measured "cold", but in production Django templates will be cached and the performance difference is not as great.

If you've measured a performance problem with one or the other type of template, by all means switch. If you prefer the style of Jinja over Django and haven't written much/any templates yet, that's also a good reason to change. Otherwise, stick with what you have.

Upvotes: 3

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