Let's identify the practical usage of action hooks in pluggable templates for extending web application layouts. In earlier sections, we developed a home page with three widgets with a reusable template inside a dynamic widget area. Now, we have to figure out the extendable locations of those widgets. Consider the following scenario--Assume that we have been asked to add a button in front of each topic in the home page Recent Topics widget. Users who are logged in to the application can click on the button to instantly mark topics as favorites. The implementation of this requirement needs to be done without affecting or changing the other two widgets. Also, we have to plan for similar future requirements for other widgets.
The most simple and preferred way of many beginner-level developers is to create three separate templates for the widgets and directly assign...