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+Introduction
+============
+
+Jinja is a fast, expressive, extensible templating engine. Special
+placeholders in the template allow writing code similar to Python
+syntax. Then the template is passed data to render the final document.
+
+It includes:
+
+- Template inheritance and inclusion.
+- Define and import macros within templates.
+- HTML templates can use autoescaping to prevent XSS from untrusted
+ user input.
+- A sandboxed environment can safely render untrusted templates.
+- Async support for generating templates that automatically handle
+ sync and async functions without extra syntax.
+- I18N support with Babel.
+- Templates are compiled to optimized Python code just-in-time and
+ cached, or can be compiled ahead-of-time.
+- Exceptions point to the correct line in templates to make debugging
+ easier.
+- Extensible filters, tests, functions, and even syntax.
+
+Jinja's philosophy is that while application logic belongs in Python if
+possible, it shouldn't make the template designer's job difficult by
+restricting functionality too much.
+
+
+Installation
+------------
+
+We recommend using the latest version of Python. Jinja supports Python
+3.7 and newer. We also recommend using a `virtual environment`_ in order
+to isolate your project dependencies from other projects and the system.
+
+.. _virtual environment: https://packaging.python.org/tutorials/installing-packages/#creating-virtual-environments
+
+Install the most recent Jinja version using pip:
+
+.. code-block:: text
+
+ $ pip install Jinja2
+
+
+Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These will be installed automatically when installing Jinja.
+
+- `MarkupSafe`_ escapes untrusted input when rendering templates to
+ avoid injection attacks.
+
+.. _MarkupSafe: https://markupsafe.palletsprojects.com/
+
+
+Optional Dependencies
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+These distributions will not be installed automatically.
+
+- `Babel`_ provides translation support in templates.
+
+.. _Babel: https://babel.pocoo.org/