Re: How can I solve the broken home page in the root folder?

On Tuesday 31 January 2017 06:51:35 Thames Khi wrote:

 

> I added the following to main site urls.py:

 

and I assume this also contains:

from data import views

 

> url(r'^$', views.home, name='home'),

>

> and added the following to the /data/views.py file.

>

> def home(request):

> return HttpResponse("<h1>Main Page</h1>")

>

> This somewhat makes sense, just wondering why the main site does not

> require a views.py file

 

It does in the real world, but you deligated the response to the 'data' app. The main project is just an app like any other. It is only special because it is the entry point of the project, but nothing prevents you from adding models and views there as well.

 

When homepages become complicated this is exactly what people do. Either that, or they create a "homepage" app.

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Melvyn Sopacua