Django Class-based Generic Views in v1.3

Class-based views represent a huge advance in really simplifying what goes into getting a lot of data quickly to the end-user. Check out the updated documentation; this is really much easier to wrap your head around if you're new to the framework and goes a long way I think in facilitating cleaner (and DRY-er) code.

The inclusion of this feature is the result of a ticket filed three years ago. The 1.3 release of Django promises to be awesome. The strength of this release is not so much new features, but closing out a host of bugs and other aging tickets like this one. This is really a great step in the right direction for Django overall.