Implemented a homepage view at home/ and a books view at books/

mattarpas_reading/bookshelf/models.py

 from django.db import models
+from django.urls import reverse
 
 class Author(models.Model):
     first_name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
@@ -9,6 +10,10 @@ class Author(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return '{} {}'.format(self.first_name, self.last_name)
+    
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse('bookshelf:author-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.pk})
+
 
 class Book(models.Model):
     title = models.CharField(max_length=180)
@@ -20,3 +25,6 @@ class Book(models.Model):
 
     def __str__(self):
         return self.title
+    
+    def get_absolute_url(self):
+        return reverse('bookshelf:book-detail', kwargs={'pk': self.pk})

mattarpas_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/book_details.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %}My Favorite Books{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Matt's Favorite Books:<br><br></h1>
+<ul style="list-style-type:circle">
+    {% for book in books %}
+    <li><a href="{{ book.get_absolute_url }}">{{ book.title }}</a></li>
+    {% endfor %}
+</ul>
+<a href="http://localhost:8000/home/">Home</a>
+<a href="http://localhost:8000/authors/">Authors</a>
+{% endblock %}
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mattarpas_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/books.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %}My Favorite Books{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Matt's Favorite Books:<br><br></h1>
+<ul style="list-style-type:circle">
+    {% for book in books %}
+    <li><a href="{{ book.get_absolute_url }}">{{ book.title }}</a></li>
+    {% endfor %}
+</ul>
+<a href="http://localhost:8000/home/">Home</a>
+<a href="http://localhost:8000/authors/">Authors</a>
+{% endblock %}
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mattarpas_reading/bookshelf/templates/bookshelf/home.html

+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block title %}My Favorite Books & Authors{% endblock %}
+{% block content %}
+<h1>Welcome to Matt's Database of Favorite Books and Authors!<br><br></h1>
+<p>I like fantasy, sci-fi, and detective novels written by (perhaps) depressed and somewhat manic authors!<br></p>
+<a href="http://localhost:8000/books/">Books</a>
+<a href="http://localhost:8000/authors/">Authors</a>
+{% endblock %}
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mattarpas_reading/bookshelf/urls.py

 from django.urls import path
 
-from .views import bookshelfpageview
+from .views import homepage, BooksView, BookDetailView
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('', bookshelfpageview, name='bookshelf')
+    path('home/', homepage, name='homepage'),
+    path('books/', BooksView.as_view(), name='book-list'),
+    path('books/<int:pk>/details', BookDetailView.as_view(), name='book-detail')
 ]
 
 app_name = "bookshelf"
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mattarpas_reading/bookshelf/views.py

 from django.shortcuts import render
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.views.generic.detail import DetailView
+from django.views.generic.list import ListView
+from .models import Book, Author
 
-def bookshelfpageview(request):
-    return HttpResponse("Welcome to Matt's Music Library!")
+def homepage(request):
+    return render(request, 'bookshelf/home.html')
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+
+class BooksView(ListView):
+    def get(self, request):
+        books = Book.objects.all()
+        return render(request, 'bookshelf/books.html', {'books': books})
+    
+class BookDetailView(DetailView):
+    def get(self, request):
+        books = Book.objects.all()
+        return render(request, 'bookshelf/book_details.html', {'books': books})
+
+class AuthorsView(ListView):
+    def get(self, request):
+        authors = Author.objects.all()
+        return render(request, 'bookshelf/authors.html', {'authors': authors})
+    
+class AuthorDetailView(DetailView):
+    def get(self, request):
+        authors = Author.objects.all()
+        return render(request, 'bookshelf/author_details.html', {'authors': authors})
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mattarpas_reading/mattarpas_reading/settings.py

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'mattarpas_reading.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [

mattarpas_reading/mattarpas_reading/urls.py

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import include, path
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('bookshelf/', include('bookshelf.urls', namespace="bookshelf")),
+    path('', include('bookshelf.urls')),
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
 ]

mattarpas_reading/templates/base.html

+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="style.css">
+    <title>{% block title %}Bookshelf{% endblock %}</title>
+    {% block styles %}{% endblock %}
+</head>
+<body>
+    <div id="content">
+        {% block content %}{% endblock %}
+    </div>
+    {% block scripts %}{% endblock %}
+</body>
+</html>
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