The Course App — Part 2

Rendering things conditionally

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Modified files

templates/app/home.html

--- 
+++ 
@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@
   <h1>Articles</h1>

   <a href="{% url 'create_article' %}">Create article</a>
-  <ul>
-    {% for article in articles %}
-      <li><a href="{% url 'update_article' article.id %}">{{ article.title }}</a> with {{ article.word_count }} words.</li>
-    {% endfor %}
-  </ul>
+
+  {% if articles %}
+    <ul>
+      {% for article in articles %}
+        <li><a href="{% url 'update_article' article.id %}">{{ article.title }}</a> with {{ article.word_count }} words.</li>
+      {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  {% else %}
+    <p>You have no articles yet.</p>
+  {% endif %}
 {% endblock content %}