Converted view to class based for assignments

widget_tee_jays_angelos/assignments/urls.py

 from django.urls import path
 from django.conf.urls.static import static
 from . import views
+from .views import AssignmentView
 
 app_name="assignments"
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('', views.index, name="assignments"),
+    path('', AssignmentView.as_view(), name="assignments"),
     path("<int:assignment_id>/details", views.detail, name = "details"),
     path('newAssignment', views.newAssignment, name="newAssignment")
 ]

widget_tee_jays_angelos/assignments/views.py

@@ -3,17 +3,19 @@ from assignments.models import Assignment, Course
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.template import loader
 from .forms import AssignmentForm
+from django.views import View
 # Create your views here.
 
-def index(request):
+class AssignmentView(View):
+    def get(self, request):
         course_list = Course.objects.order_by("course_code")
         assignment_list = Assignment.objects.all()
-    template = loader.get_template("assignments/index.html")
+    # template = loader.get_template("assignments/index.html")
         context = {
             "course_list": course_list,
             "assignment_list": assignment_list
      }
-    return HttpResponse(template.render(context, request))
+        return render(request, "assignments/index.html", context)
 
 def detail(request, assignment_id):
     try: