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Congratulations!
You've learned a huge amount
about Django's class based views.
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That's fitting since they're a huge change
to how you've been writing views so far.
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You don't have to use CBVs,
but you'll find that they crop
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up in a lot of other libraries and
tools in the general community.
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So you should at least
be familiar with them.
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For example, Django REST framework
is built up around class based views.
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Class based views can really help
reduce the amount of code and
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boilerplate you put into your projects.
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Less code usually means fewer places for
bugs to crop up, too.
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You should also find that by using
class based views, they're mix-ins and
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building your own library of mix-ins, that
you start being able to reuse more and
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more of your code between features and
even projects.
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I've been a big fan of class
based views since they came out.
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They were actually the subject of
my first ever conference talk.
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So while I'm biased, I think they're
an amazing part of Django and
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one that everyone should use.
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Thanks for learning with me,
and I'll see you next time.
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