Sorry I think its just the wording that is confusing here. The controller is doing the work to determine what will be shown, yes. I meant once the controller

Sorry I think its just the wording that is confusing here. The controller is doing the work to determine what will be shown, yes. I meant once the controller determines which view should be used, the view then can manage the specific data being shown. Django does separate the view into a 'view' and a 'template'. One does your work, and the other does the displaying.