Install django-annoying, which provides some nice shortcuts for common operations

entries/views.py

@@ -1,21 +1,21 @@
-from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
+from annoying.decorators import render_to
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from .models import Entry
 
 
+@render_to('entries/index.html')
 def index(request, kind):
     entries = Entry.objects.filter(kind=kind.id)
-    return render(request, 'entries/index.html', {
-        'entries': entries,
-        'title': kind.plural
-    })
+    return {'entries': entries, 'title': kind.plural}
 
 
+@render_to('entries/entry.html')
 def entry(request, id, slug=None):
     entry = Entry.objects.get(pk=id)
     if request.path != entry.url:
         return redirect(entry.url, permanent=True)
-    return render(request, 'entries/entry.html', {
+    return {
         'entry': entry,
         'title': entry.title,
         'meta': entry.as_meta(request)
-    })
+    }