Template variables not showing up in web-page

CTA2052

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Oct 23, 2015, 3:51:57 PM10/23/15

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Hello All,

This may be the most basic question to ask and believe me it does not come without much research and frustration, but I just can't seem to make it work. So I do apologize ahead of time for even having to post it. I am very new to django (2-months), python(4-months) and in fact programming in general. I have reviewed the online doc sevral times now and various books and tutorials trying to find the answer.

However, I can't seem to get my template variables to render within the web page (crazy I know).

I've tried this many different ways and finally backed-up and stripped-down the code to see what it is I'm missing

Here is what I have right now in the veiw:

def response_page(request):
  
    myv = " fun fun fun "
    context = {'affirmation': myv}
    return render('/response_page/', context )

Here is the template:

<!DOCTYPE html>

{% extends "base.html" %}
{% load static %}
{% load crispy_forms_tags %}

<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>challenge_engine_response</title>
</head>
<body>
{% block content %}
<h1>Testing 1,2,3</h1>


<p> I am having so much {{ affirmation }}   </p>

        <a href="/home/">Back to Home Page</a>

</body>
{% endblock %}
</html>

Everything shows up as expected except the variable "affirmation" which of course should render as "fun fun fun".

I am sure I am missing something silly, but what?

Thanks in advance for the help. I have very little hair left at this point (ha).

Thank you all!

Humbly yours,

CTA2052

Dheerendra Rathor

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Oct 23, 2015, 4:06:55 PM10/23/15

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signature for request is render(request, template_name, context, **kwargs)

So it should be like render(request, 'response_page.html', context=context)

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CTA2052

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Oct 24, 2015, 9:23:12 AM10/24/15

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Thank you for the very speedy reply. I really apprceciate that. Actually I had tried the page/file name in place of the path as well and it still would not work. What it turned out to be is, on the back end of a reboot (because I took a break to up the memory on my macbook pro,) I rebooted and it then worked. Not sure why a reboot fixed it, but it did, just in case anyone else has the same problem in the future, that is what worked for me.