JINJA was created in 2008 by Armin Ronacher and aims to replace similar template engines with a more modern and structured solution. Jinja was designed for Python (the programming language that Ansible was created with) and, coupled with Ansible, to provide a framework that integrates seamlessly with YAML. Ansible's YAML implementation and programmatic playbook solution incorporates this robust Jinja template engine. Like many other template solutions (Django, Smarty, and so on), Jinja was designed to provide structural support for reusable text with context specific alterations (environments, hosts, and so on) and comprehensive functionality that developers have come to rely on.
For those who have experience with Smarty or Django-styled tempting solutions, Jinja will indeed be familiar. The design of the Jinja template solution aims to provide support for...
