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 # Liquid template engine
 
 * [Contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md)
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 It is recommended that you enable `:strict` or `:warn` mode on new apps to stop invalid templates from being created.
 It is also recommended that you use it in the template editors of existing apps to give editors better error messages.
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