Function-based vs class-based decision in Django - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define a function-based view that returns a simple HTTP response.

Django

from django.http import HttpResponse

def my_view(request):
    return [1]("Hello, world!")

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Arender

BHttpResponse

Credirect

DJsonResponse

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using render instead of HttpResponse for simple text response

Forgetting to return the response object

The function-based view returns an HttpResponse object with the text.

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medium

Complete the code to import the base class for class-based views.

Django

from django.views import [1]

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ATemplateView

BHttpResponse

CView

DListView

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Importing a specific view class instead of the base View

Confusing HttpResponse with a view class

The base class for all class-based views is View from django.views.

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hard

Fix the error in the class-based view by completing the method name that handles GET requests.

Django

from django.views import View
from django.http import HttpResponse

class MyView(View):
    def [1](self, request):
        return HttpResponse("Hello from class-based view")

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Adispatch

Bhandle

Cpost

Dget

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using 'post' instead of 'get' for GET requests

Using 'dispatch' directly instead of 'get'

The method to handle GET requests in a class-based view is named get.

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hard

Fill both blanks to complete a function-based view that renders a template with context.

Django

from django.shortcuts import [1]

def home(request):
    context = {'name': 'Alice'}
    return [2](request, 'home.html', context)

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Arender

BHttpResponse

Credirect

Dget_object_or_404

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Importing render but returning HttpResponse directly

Using redirect instead of render for templates

The render shortcut both imports and returns a rendered template with context.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete a class-based view that renders a template with extra context.

Django

from django.views.generic import [1]

class WelcomeView([2]):
    template_name = 'welcome.html'

    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
        context = super().[3](**kwargs)
        context['user'] = 'Bob'
        return context

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ATemplateView

BView

Cget_context_data

Ddispatch

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using View instead of TemplateView for template rendering

Calling super().dispatch instead of super().get_context_data

TemplateView is used to render templates in class-based views. The method get_context_data adds extra data to the template context.