The "inline partials" feature is neat, means you can use and define a partial at the same time.

The way you can render just a named partial from both the render() shortcut and the include tag is nice too:

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/6.0/ref/templates/language...

you're kinda right, {% partial ... %} vs {% include ... %} is not a big difference, but my mind was vaguely thinking that "includes" have often been seen as large templates, whereas partial have been after the component era with the idea of making small blocks. (my 2 cents)

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