two problems: you're just returning a string in your response, not the template. Nor are you using the context dict anywhere.
Look at the example in the tutorial: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/intro/tutorial03/#a-shortcut-render How does your index method differ from what's there? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/c5fb7ef5-4032-45c2-a66f-f02e0ea01391%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

