template doesnt exist "django 2.0" - django

Question

please can anyone help me i cant figure out what is the error while rendering template in djano 2.0
i created a app and and in the views.py section i added all thoe code lines of manange.py imported urls(directly in the views ) tried to run the server (python views.py runserver)
here is my complete code from views.py
import os
import sys
from django.conf import settings
DEBUG = os.environ.get('DEBUG', 'on') == 'on'
SECRET_KEY = os.environ.get('SECRET_KEY', os.urandom(32))
ALLOWED_HOSTS = os.environ.get( 'localhost','127.0.0.1').split(',')
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(__file__)
settings.configure(
DEBUG=DEBUG,
SECRET_KEY=SECRET_KEY,
ALLOWED_HOSTS=ALLOWED_HOSTS,
ROOT_URLCONF=__name__,
MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES=(
'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
),
)
INSTALLED_APPS=(
'django.contrib.staticfiles',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.auth',
),
TEMPLATE_DIRS=(
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
),
STATICFILES_DIRS=(
os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static'),
),
STATIC_URL='/static/',
#############################views & urls###############################s
from django import forms
from django.urls import path,include
from django.core.cache import cache
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application
from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
from django.shortcuts import render
from django.views.decorators.http import etag
# Create your views here.
application = get_wsgi_application()
def home(request):
return render(request,'index.html')
urlpatterns=[
path('',home,name='home'),
]
###################################### #############################################
if __name__ == "__main__":
from django.core.management import execute_from_command_line
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
and i tried placing templates in the same directory where views exist and also in outside of the app folder
i should be getting a basic template as explained in the book lightweight django
instead:
TemplateDoesNotExist at /
index.html
Request Method: GET
Request URL: http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Django Version: 2.0
Exception Type: TemplateDoesNotExist
Exception Value:
index.html
Exception Location: C:\Users\madhumani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\lib\site-packages\django\template\loader.py in get_template, line 19
Python Executable: C:\Users\madhumani\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python36-32\python.exe
Python Version: 3.6.2
Python Path:
['D:\\python\\tempo python\\dajngo rest api\\api\\pi',
'C:\\Users\\madhumani\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\python36.zip',
'C:\\Users\\madhumani\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\DLLs',
'C:\\Users\\madhumani\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\lib',
'C:\\Users\\madhumani\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32',
'C:\\Users\\madhumani\\AppData\\Roaming\\Python\\Python36\\site-packages',
'C:\\Users\\madhumani\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\lib\\site-packages']

Answer 1

TEMPLATE_DIRS has not been a supported setting since Django 1.10. You should get a more up to date guide.
TEMPLATES = [
{
'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
'APP_DIRS': True,
'DIRS': [os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')],
},
]
(Also, don't put your settings in your views. There's a settings.py file for a reason.)