Use list view

nummi/main/templates/main/transaction.html

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <a href="{% url 'index' %}">Home</a>
 
+<h1>{{ transaction }}</h1>
 <form action="{% url 'update_transaction' transaction.id %}" method="post">
 	{% csrf_token %}
 	{{ form }}

nummi/main/urls.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ from django.urls import path
 from . import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path("", views.index, name="index"),
+    path("", views.IndexView.as_view(), name="index"),
     path("transaction", views.transaction, name="transaction"),
     path("transaction/<uuid>", views.transaction, name="transaction"),
     path(

nummi/main/views.py

@@ -1,15 +1,17 @@
 from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.views import generic
+
 
 from .models import Transaction, TransactionForm, Invoice, InvoiceForm
 
 
-def index(request):
+class IndexView(generic.ListView):
-    _transactions = Transaction.objects.order_by("-date")[:5]
+    template_name = "main/index.html"
-    context = {
+    context_object_name = "transactions"
-        "transactions": _transactions,
+
-    }
+    def get_queryset(self):
-    return render(request, "main/index.html", context)
+        return Transaction.objects.order_by("-date")[:5]
 
 
 def transaction(request, uuid=None):