Use HttpResponse to return data instead of render

widget_group22/assignments/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render
 from . import models
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.template import Template, Context
+from django.template.loader import get_template
 
 # Create your views here.
 def index(request):
@@ -8,4 +10,6 @@ def index(request):
 
 def assignments(request):
     all_assignments = models.Assignment.objects.all()
-    return render(request, 'assignments.html', {'assignments': all_assignments})
+    template = get_template('assignments.html')
+    output = template.render({'assignments': all_assignments})
+    return HttpResponse(output)