from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
from datetime import date
class HelloWorldView(TemplateView):
template_name="helloworld.html"
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
return {'date': date.today()}
urls.py
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.contrib import admin
from .views import HelloWorldView
admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
url(r'^$', HelloWorldView.as_view(), name='home'),
url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
setting.py
TEMPLATE_DIRS = [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')]