What does render args mean?

Question

In my shipping.html I see this line of code

<render args="shippingMethodListTemplate"/>

Is this just saying "put the content of this template here" or is there something else going on?

EDIT: if this is just calling this content how do I find it?

Answer 1

If you open following class

vendor/magento/module-checkout/view/frontend/web/js/view/shipping.js

defaults: {
    template: 'Magento_Checkout/shipping',
    shippingFormTemplate: 'Magento_Checkout/shipping-address/form',
    shippingMethodListTemplate: 'Magento_Checkout/shipping-address/shipping-method-list',
    shippingMethodItemTemplate: 'Magento_Checkout/shipping-address/shipping-method-item'
},

shippingMethodListTemplate is html template.

Now in your case:

<render args="shippingMethodListTemplate"/>

This code render

vendor/magento/module-checkout/view/frontend/web/template/shipping-address/shipping-method-list.html

template.