Dynamic Text

Static text is a good start, but pages usually show data. In Marko, tag content works like a JavaScript template literal: wrap any expression in ${...} and its value is rendered as text.

<p>Today is ${new Date().toDateString()}</p>
<p>Random number: ${Math.floor(Math.random() * 100)}</p>

Any JavaScript expression works — variables, function calls, math, ternaries. And the value is automatically escaped, so interpolating untrusted data can’t inject markup into your page (more on that in the next lesson).

The page on the right greets a hardcoded “someone” and claims the year is 1999. Fix both using interpolation:

1. Replace someone with ${name} — the name variable is already defined at the top of the file with the static statement, which runs plain JavaScript when the template loads.
2. Replace 1999 with ${new Date().getFullYear()}.

The preview should greet Marko and tell the truth about the year.