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New files

templates/app/home.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Djangocourse</title>
</head>
<body>
  <h1>Articles</h1>
  <ul>
    {% for article in articles %}
      <li>{{ article.title }} with {{ article.word_count }} words.</li>
    {% endfor %}
  </ul>
</body>
</html>

Modified files

app/views.py

--- 
+++ 
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from app.models import Article
+

 def home(request):
-    return HttpResponse("Hello, World!")+    articles = Article.objects.all()
+    return render(request, "app/home.html", {"articles": articles})

djangocourse/settings.py

--- 
+++ 
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [BASE_DIR / "templates"],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [