Backend development with Flask: Displaying past entries in the Microblog project (+15, -11)

app.py (+4, -2)

From: curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/start/app.py

To: curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/end/app.py

            
            index 0374211..9dbdcc6 100644
--- a/curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/start/app.py
+++ b/curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/end/app.py
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ from flask import Flask, render_template, request
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
+entries = []
+
 
 @app.route("/", methods=["GET", "POST"])
 def home():
     if request.method == "POST":
         entry_content = request.form.get("content")
         formatted_date = datetime.datetime.today().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
-        print(entry_content, formatted_date)
+        entries.append((entry_content, formatted_date))
 
-    return render_template("home.html")
+    return render_template("home.html", entries=entries)
        

home.html (+11, -9)

From: curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/start/templates/home.html

To: curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/end/templates/home.html

            
            index 8511364..73ae245 100644
--- a/curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/start/templates/home.html
+++ b/curriculum/section07/lectures/10_display_past_entries_microblog/end/templates/home.html
@@ -33,15 +33,17 @@
     </section>
     <section>
       <h1>Recent posts</h1>
-      <article class="entry">
-        <div>
-          <h2 class="entry__title">A bit of a chill day today</h2>
-          <time class="entry__date" datetime="24-10-2019">• Oct 24</time>
-        </div>
-        <p class="entry__content">
-          Today I couldn't do much programming, but that's OK! Can't be too awesome every day now!
-        </p>
-      </article>
+      {% for entry in entries %}
+        <article class="entry">
+          <div>
+            <h2 class="entry__title">{{ entry[0] | truncate(30, true) }}</h2>
+            <time class="entry__date" datetime="{{ entry[1] }}">• {{ entry[1] }}</time>
+          </div>
+          <p class="entry__content">
+            {{ entry[0] }}
+          </p>
+        </article>
+      {% endfor %}
     </section>
   </main>
   <footer class="footer">