YAML & Jinja Templating Course Episode 1: Expressions, Statements, Comments, Variables, and Filters

Learn the basics of Jinja templating in this programming course! I am explaining everything about expressions, statements, comments, variables, and filters. This video covers everything you need to know to get started with Jinja templates and YAML in Home Assistant.

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00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:58 Expressions
00:02:25 Statements
00:00:00 Comments
00:13:08 Variables
00:05:13 Filters

#homeassistant #jinja #yaml #templates #templating #programming

[SmartHomeJunkie]

What do you think about YAML and Jinja? Do you rather want to do everything using the UI of Home Assistant, or do you like to program your own advanced templates? Let me know in the comments!

[singaporepastor]

Excellent! It’s amazing how rare it is to find simple explanations for this stuff

[ianrobson]

This series is going to be a lot of help. Thanks Ed

[DavidDeVisser]

Looking forward to the rest of the series!

[edwaaij]

Hier was ik al een tijdje naar opzoek. Eindelijk Geweldig!

[waltervos]

Eindelijk voor mij meer duidelijkheid over het gebruik van Yaml en Jinja. Hier zat ik op te wachten. Dank je voor de heldere uitleg.

[richardharnwell]

This is great! Really looking forward to the rest of this course!

[stefan-lupo-pelzl]

I am sure many HA users will love to follow your series - including me.
Great work. These tutorials will certainly increase the reach of your channel!

[major_west]

I've been struggling with YAML and templates. This is greatly appreciated!

[homeautomatorza]

Thanks Ed
This is great content which will help a great many, linking back now!

[LS-onqf]

Excellent! short and useful introductory content

[Kriss]

Great idea !
Even if I’m not a beginner, I learned a few interesting things. Thanks.

[wwolfram]

Thank you for this type of content, as I could not find tutorials with explanations like this. I will begin my study of these episodes this weekend!

[scottwhitaker]

Another top notch video. Looking forward to this series!

[DeliberateGeek]

Great content, as always!

The Jinja documentation is very comprehensive, however, it's a much better reference than it is a tutorial. I'm a developer by trade and still struggled with it.

Your explanations of the basics opened up a whole new understanding for me, which will allow me to take advantage of the excellent reference material on the Jinja site!

[holohane]

Hi Ed, great video. I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. Even just explaining the difference between jinja and YAML is a big help. Thanks Eddie

[robRobblah]

Great job!! so clear. and super helpful. UI is great for most things, but some creative out of the box things require programming!

[dotmhd]

Hello, just wanted to tell you that I love your channel, you do a great job explaining everything we need to make our own Home Assistant setup. I hope someday you'll reach the million subscribers you deserve !

[pjuhl]

I'm not super comfortable with YAML or Jinja so I'm looking forward to these. Thanks Ed!

[krzysztofkomornicki]

This is exactly what was looking for. Excellent job, Ed! Thank you so much for that!