Adding simple views in django - django

Question

I am getting started on django and this is how my view is looking like
from django.template import Context, loader
from datetime import datetime
from django.http import HttpResponse
def hello_view(request):
""" Simple Hello World View """
t = loader.get_template('helloworld.html')
c = Context({
'current_time': datetime.now(),
})
return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
def detail_view(request):
return HttpResponse("You're looking at detail view")
My urls.py file looks like this
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from posted.views import hello_view
#from posted.views import detail_view
# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
# from django.contrib import admin
# admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
# Examples:
url(r'^$', view=hello_view, name='hello_page'),
#url(r'^$', view=detail_view, name='detail_page'),
# url(r'^posts/', include('posts.foo.urls')),
# Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
# url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
# url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)
When i run the server and visit http://example.com:8000/ ,the hello_view gets displayed.I want my urls to be of the form http://example.com:8000/hello or http://example.com:8000/detail. Do i need .htaccess to achieve that?.

Answer 1

I have fixed the issue somewhat with this while i study what Daniel suggested i look at.
from django.conf.urls import patterns, include, url
from django.views.generic import TemplateView
# Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
# from django.contrib import admin
# admin.autodiscover()
urlpatterns = patterns('',
# Examples:
(r'^detail/', TemplateView.as_view(template_name="detail.html")),
# url(r'^posts/', include('posts.foo.urls')),
# Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
# url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
# Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
# url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
)