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Python Django Basics Final Details url Tag

Daniel Still
Daniel Still
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Posted by Daniel Still
Daniel Still
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Reverse for 'views.hello_world' not found.

I've spent all afternoon on this and can't seem to get past it. Has there been a recent update in Django for the url tag function or something? I've written exactly what is written in the videos and yet the same error keeps returning.

The error says this: NoReverseMatch at / Reverse for 'views.hello_world' not found. 'views.hello_world' is not a valid view function or pattern name.

The line which is identified as the problem is this line of code...

  1. <a href="{% url 'views.hello_world' %}">Home</a>

Basically, it can't find my hello_world() view, even though it exists in the views.py file and is referenced in the urls.py file.

I can assure you that I have written exactly what is written in each video but am happy to post my code if necessary. Any help would be massively appreciated!

2 Answers

Tatiana Vasilevskaya
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Tatiana Vasilevskaya
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I believe you're using a more recent version of Django than Kenneth used in the video. There is a note about this in the Teacher's Notes as well as numerous Questions on the Topic in the Questions section under the video. Here is one of the answers https://teamtreehouse.com/community/is-there-anything-like-this-in-django-110-or-is-there-another-syntax-for-it-thanks-in-advance.

Daniel Still
Daniel Still
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Daniel Still
Daniel Still
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I thought so. I just installed Django today so that makes sense. Thanks heaps.