Question

ImportError at /
No module named simple

Django Version: 1.5.dev20120710212642

I installed latest django version. I am using

from django.views.generic.simple import redirect_to

in my urls.py. What is wrong? Is it deprecated?

Answer 1

Use class-based views instead of redirect_to as these function-based generic views have been deprecated.

Here is simple example of class-based views usage

from django.conf.urls import patterns, url, include
from django.views.generic import TemplateView

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^about/', TemplateView.as_view(template_name="about.html")),
)

Update

If someone wants to redirect to a URL, Use RedirectView.

from django.views.generic import RedirectView

urlpatterns = patterns('',
    (r'^one/$', RedirectView.as_view(url='/another/')),
)