aino-utkik provides minimalistic class based views for Django focusing on common usage, readability and convienience.
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 = 'news/news_detail.html'
def get(self, slug):
self.c.news = get_object_or_404(News.objects, slug=slug)
class NewsListView(View):
template = 'news/news_list.html'
def get(self):
self.c.news_list = News.objects.all()