Do Template Directives sound familiar to you? Ideally we should have no complex business logic in our SQL-Code. APEX supports substitution strings which is nothing new but how do we make them more dynamic with zero JavaScript? As far back as APEX goes it always supported templates. We can find application templates under shared components. Typical ones of a universal theme would be: Page, Button, Region, and Report to name a few and lately Email Templates. If you are not already familiar with terms like template literals, template conditions and template processors this is a session for you. Let's learn the power of client-side formatting to enrich our application presentation. Primer on Template Directives/Components aimed at audiences of all levels.