Created the views of the forum showing the forum posts and their corresponding replies

widget_aguandhischipmunks/forum/views.py

-from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from .models import ForumPost, Reply
 
-# Create your views here.
+def forumIndex(request):
+
+    # fetch forum posts and replies
+    forum = ForumPost.objects.all()
+    replies = Reply.objects.all()
+    forum_output = "Widget's Forum <br><br> Forum Posts:<br>"
+
+    for post in forum:
+        forum_output = (forum_output + post.title + " by " + post.author.first_name + + post.author.last_name +
+                                " posted " + post.pub_datetime.strftime('%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p') + ":<br>" +
+                                post.body + "<br>"                    
+        )
+        for reply in replies:
+            if reply.forum_posts.title == post.title:
+                forum_output = (forum_output + "Reply by " + reply.author.first_name + " " + reply.author.last_name
+                                + " posted " + reply.pub_datetime.strftime('%m/%d/%Y, %I:%M %p') + ":<br>" +
+                                reply.body + "<br><br>"
+                )
+
+    return HttpResponse(forum_output)