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🐍 Build Your First Django Website: Day 8
Now that you have a database, let’s bring it to life! Today, we’ll fetch data from the database and display it dynamically on your website. This is where your site starts feeling real.
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Day 8: Display Data from the Database
Today, we’ll fetch data from the database and display it on your site.
1. Update the View
Modify home in blog/views.py to get posts from the database:

2. Update the Template
In blog/templates/blog/blog_home.html, loop through the posts and display them:

3. Next Step
Tomorrow, we’ll look at Django’s built-in admin interface to manage the data!
🏆 Final Thoughts
If you missed out on the previous step, head on over to this post.
If you want to see an overview of all of the steps, check out this post.
Having trouble with this step? Let me know in the comments! 🚀🐍
Happy coding! 🚀🐍
Digital Shade
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