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Simple Function-Based View
A view is a Python function that takes a Web request and returns a Web response, such as the HTML content of a Web page.
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from django.http import HttpResponsedef welcome_view(request):return HttpResponse("Hello, welcome to Django!")
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def welcome_view(request):
Defines a function that accepts an HttpRequest object as its first argument.
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return HttpResponse(...)
Returns a simple text-based HTTP response to the browser.