Introduction

In Chapter 3, URL Mapping, Views, and Templates, we learned how to build views and create templates in Django. Then, we learned how to use those views to render the templates we built. In this chapter, we will build upon our knowledge of developing views by using class-based views, which allow us to write views that can group logical methods into a single entity. This skill comes in handy when developing a view that maps to multiple HTTP request methods for the same Application Programming Interface (API) endpoint. With method-based views, we may end up using a lot of if-else conditions to successfully handle the different types of HTTP request methods. In contrast, class-based views allow us to define separate methods for every HTTP request method we want to handle. Then, based on the type of request received, Django takes care of calling the correct method in the class-based view.

Beyond the ability to build views based on different development techniques, Django...