How does template inheritance work with extends and block?
PICTURE THIS: DJANGO MVT
Simple meaning
A child template starts with {% extends 'base.html' %} and fills named {% block %} regions.
WHY — Django MVT instead of guessing?
Why interviewers care about Django MVT:
question about Django MVT.
trade-offs, and what you would actually do on a Python project - not buzzwords.
Name the idea, why it exists, then one short example.
End with when you use it and one common pitfall.
STEPS — What happens step by step?
Before you speak the answer, walk the interviewer through these steps:
- 1A child template starts
with {% extends 'base.html' %} and fills named {% block %} regions.
- 2Why it exists
The parent defines the skeleton
- 3include pulls in partials
without inheritance.
- 4Keep business logic out
of templates
- 5pass prepared context from
the view.
- 6Close
When you pick this over the alternative.
EXAMPLE — See it in action
Here's a short line you can speak, broken into clear beats:
Note: Adapt this scaffold to your own project — keep it under 60–90 seconds.
Key takeaway
A child template starts with {% extends 'base.html' %} and fills named {% block %} regions. The parent defines the skeleton