aino-utkik provides minimalistic class based views for Django focusing on common usage, readability and convienience.
For Django 1.3 or earlier use 0.7.8 For Django 1.7 or later use 0.8.0 or later
Example:
# urls.py
from utkik.dispatch import *
urlpatterns = patterns('',
(r'^(?P<slug>[-\w]+)/$', 'news.NewsDetailView'),
(r'^$', 'news.NewsListView'),
)
# news/views.py
from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404
from news.models import News
from utkik import View
class NewsDetailView(View):
template_name = 'news/news_detail.html'
def get(self, slug):
self.c.news = get_object_or_404(News.objects, slug=slug)
class NewsListView(View):
template_name = 'news/news_list.html'
def get(self):
self.c.news_list = News.objects.all()