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Python Django REST Framework Make the REST Framework Work for You Generic CRUD

Nursultan Bolatbayev
Nursultan Bolatbayev
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Posted by Nursultan Bolatbayev
Nursultan Bolatbayev
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If Generic Views do everything what ListView does, then where we will need ListView?

As Kenneth in the video shows that Generic View is much easier and less code, but does more. In which cases we will need ListView instead of Generic View?

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Chris Komaroff
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Chris Komaroff
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Chris Komaroff
Chris Komaroff
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By ListView, do you refer to APIView? The generic views are extensions of APIView, so learning about APIView is useful to understand what generic views do for you. It also sounds like you may need to create your own generic views sometimes that are extensions of APIView.