Replace home class-based view with function based view.

pythonkc_site/urls.py

@@ -5,14 +5,15 @@
 from django.conf.urls import patterns
 from django.conf.urls import url
 from django.views.decorators.cache import cache_page
-from pythonkc_site.views import PythonKCHome
+from pythonkc_site.views import PythonKCHome, home
 
 # Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
 # from django.contrib import admin
 # admin.autodiscover()
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    url(r'^/?$', cache_page(60 * 5)(PythonKCHome.as_view()), name='home'),
+    #url(r'^/?$', cache_page(60 * 5)(PythonKCHome.as_view()), name='home'),
+    url(r'^/?$', cache_page(60 * 5)(home), name='home'),
 
     # Examples:
     # url(r'^$', 'pythonkc_site.views.home', name='home'),

pythonkc_site/views.py

@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
 
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
 from django.views.generic import FormView
 from pythonkc_site.contact.email import send_contact_form_email
 from pythonkc_site.contact.forms import ContactForm
 from pythonkc_site.meetups import events
 
 
+# 1. function-based view
+def home(request):
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        form = ContactForm(request.POST)
+        if form.is_valid():
+            send_contact_form_email(**form.cleaned_data)
+            return redirect('{0}?contact_sent=yes'.format(reverse('home')))
+    else:
+        form = ContactForm()
+
+    context = {
+        'next_event': events.get_next_event(),
+        'past_events': events.get_past_events(),
+        'form': form
+    }
+    return render(request, 'index.html', context)
+
+
+# 2. identical class-based view
 class PythonKCHome(FormView):
     template_name = 'index.html'
     form_class = ContactForm