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omahs 1 year ago committed by Sara Gibbons
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## HTML templates
If you want to create multiples screens for a web page, one solution would be to create one HTML file for every screen you want to display. However, this solution comes with some inconvenience:
If you want to create multiple screens for a web page, one solution would be to create one HTML file for every screen you want to display. However, this solution comes with some inconvenience:
- You have to reload the entire HTML when switching screen, which can be slow.
- It's difficult to share data between the different screens.
Another approach is have only one HTML file, and define multiple [HTML templates](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTML/Element/template) using the `<template>` element. A template is a reusable HTML block that is not displayed by the browser, and needs to be instantiated at runtime using JavaScript.
Another approach is to have only one HTML file, and define multiple [HTML templates](https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTML/Element/template) using the `<template>` element. A template is a reusable HTML block that is not displayed by the browser, and needs to be instantiated at runtime using JavaScript.
### Task
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## Displaying templates with JavaScript
If you try your current HTML file in a browser, you'll see that it get stuck displaying `Loading...`. That's because we need to add some JavaScript code to instantiate and display the HTML templates.
If you try your current HTML file in a browser, you'll see that it gets stuck displaying `Loading...`. That's because we need to add some JavaScript code to instantiate and display the HTML templates.
Instantiating a template is usually done in 3 steps:
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## Creating routes
When talking about a web app, we call *Routing* the intent to map **URLs** to specific screens that should be displayed. On a web site with multiple HTML files, this is done automatically as the file paths are reflected on the URL. For example, with these files in your project folder:
When talking about a web app, we call *Routing* the intent to map **URLs** to specific screens that should be displayed. On a website with multiple HTML files, this is done automatically as the file paths are reflected on the URL. For example, with these files in your project folder:
```
mywebsite/index.html

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