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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Posted by Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

Syntax question for templates...

I'm not sure if it's just my browser, but when I use {{ #if username }} with a space after the second opening brace before the pound sign, I get a 500 (Server error).

But... if I do `{{#if username }} with no space all works just fine.

Is this a syntax thing or just a picky browser? Craig Dennis

Thanks :dizzy:

1 Answer

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points
Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

Your browser will never see the Handlebars code. It's all replaced server-side with normal HTML, much like PHP or Rails. The examples on Handlebars.js and Handlebars.java are all a bit short on whitespace, so it's probably a syntax issue.