Django snippets

class View(object):
    def __init__(self, controller):
        self.controller = controller()

    def as_template(self, template):

        def view(request, *args, **kwargs):
            return TemplateResponse( request, template, self.handler(request, *args, **kwargs) )

        return view

    def handler(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
        method = request.method.lower()
        handler = getattr(self.controller, method)
        return handler(request, *args, **kwargs) 

#Use a none derived class with http methods that return simple data structures. 

class HomeView(object):
    def get(self, request):
       return { 'foo' : 'bar' }

#In your url confs you can specify what the view returns. Only as_template is available.
url( r'^$', View(HomeView).as_template('home.html'), name='homepage' )