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authorSteve Piercy <web@stevepiercy.com>2016-03-08 00:22:05 -0800
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A popular `Javascript library <http://jquery.org>`_.
renderer
- A serializer that can be referred to via :term:`view
- configuration` which converts a non-:term:`Response` return
- values from a :term:`view` into a string (and ultimately a
- response). Using a renderer can make writing views that require
- templating or other serialization less tedious. See
- :ref:`views_which_use_a_renderer` for more information.
+ A serializer which converts non-:term:`Response` return values from a
+ :term:`view` into a string, and ultimately into a response, usually
+ through :term:`view configuration`. Using a renderer can make writing
+ views that require templating or other serialization, like JSON, less
+ tedious. See :ref:`views_which_use_a_renderer` for more information.
renderer factory
A factory which creates a :term:`renderer`. See