Django views

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What are Django views?

In Django, a view is a Python function that takes a web request and returns a web response. The response can be an HTML page, a redirect, or an HTTP error.

A view is responsible for performing a specific action when a request is made to your Django web application. This could be displaying a list of objects, saving an object to the database, or any other task that is needed to be performed when a request is made to your web application.

Two types of views in Django

Before creating views in Django There are two types of views in Django: function-based views and class-based views.

Function Based Views

Function-based views are the traditional way of writing views in Django. They are simple Python functions that take a request object and return a response object. Here is an example of a function-based view:

Example of How to create function-based views in Django


from django.shortcuts import render

def index_view(request):
    return render(request, 'index_template.html')

Function-based views are easy to understand and are a good choice for simple views.

Class-Based views in Django

Class-based views are a more modern way of writing views in Django. They are based on the object-oriented concept of inheritance and allow you to reuse code by defining a base view class and creating subclasses for specific views.

There are different types of class-based views are available for a different purposes.

Base views. View. TemplateView.
Generic display views. DetailView. ListView.
Generic editing views. FormView. CreateView.
Generic date views. ArchiveIndexView. YearArchiveView.
Class-based views mixins. Simple mixins. ContextMixin.
Class-based generic views – flattened index. Simple generic views. View.

You can refer to this article for more details on Django class-based views. We will create a detailed tutorial about Django class-based views and their types in future

Example of Django class-based view


from django.views.generic import View

from django.shortcuts import render

class MyView(View):
    def get(self, request):
        return render(request, 'my_template.html')

Class-based views are more powerful and flexible than function-based views and are a good choice for more complex views.

Both function-based views and class-based views can be linked to a URL and called when a request is made to that URL. The choice between the two types of views depends on the complexity of the view and the needs of your application.

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