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Python Django Basics What a View! What Are URLs?

Posted by Simbarashe Chikaura
Simbarashe Chikaura
8,979 Points

url vs path

I am using Django 2.1.4 and when it generates the urls.py file, instead of a:

url(r'admin/', admin.site.urls),

it generates something like this:

path('admin/', admin.site.urls).

So, when I follow along with the video on my computer, path("", views.hello_world) is what works, not the regular expression. Any idea why the newer version of Django uses path instead of url?

Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points
Dave StSomeWhere
Dave StSomeWhere
19,870 Points

Sure seems a lot easier to use the new path. The old way is still available.

Check out this SO Post for some info.

1 Answer

Nicolas Hampton
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 Points
Nicolas Hampton
Nicolas Hampton
44,638 Points

Simbarashe,

path is just easier overall, which is why django decided to go with it as it's default I believe. If you would like to follow along with the regular expression paths, from django.urls import re_path is the same function that the old url was. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47947673/is-it-better-to-use-path-or-url-in-urls-py-for-django-2-0