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+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, get_object_or_404
+from django.views import View
+from django.views.generic.base import TemplateView
+from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
+from django import forms
+from django.db import models
+from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseBadRequest
+from django.urls import reverse
+# from .models import Event
+# from .forms import EventForm
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+
+class BenchcoachListView(TemplateView):
+    Model = models.Model
+    template_name = 'list.html'
+    edit_url = 'edit item'
+    list_url = 'items list'
+    template_name = 'list.html'
+    page_title = f"{Model.__name__}s"
+    title_strf = "{item}"
+    subtitle_strf = ""
+    body_strf = ""
+
+    def get_context_data(self):
+        items = self.Model.objects.all()
+        context = {
+            'title': self.page_title,
+            'items': [
+                {
+                    'id': item.id,
+                    'title': self.title_strf.format(item=item, **model_to_dict(item)),
+                    'subtitle': self.subtitle_strf.format(item=item, **model_to_dict(item)),
+                    'body': self.body_strf.format(item=item, **model_to_dict(item)),
+                    'buttons': [
+                        {
+                            'label': 'Edit',
+                            'href': reverse(self.edit_url, args=[item.id])
+                        }
+                    ]
+                }
+                for item in items
+            ]
+        }
+        return context
+
+class BenchcoachEditView(TemplateView):
+    Form: forms.ModelForm = None
+    Model: models.Model = None
+    edit_url = 'edit item'
+    list_url = 'items list'
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        id = kwargs.get('id')
+        # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
+        if id:
+            instance = get_object_or_404(self.Model, id=id)
+            form = self.Form(request.POST or None, instance=instance)
+        else:
+            form = self.Form(request.POST or None)
+        # check whether it's valid:
+        if form.is_valid():
+            # process the data in form.cleaned_data as required
+            # ...
+            # redirect to a new URL:
+            new_item, did_create = self.Model.objects.update_or_create(pk=id, defaults=form.cleaned_data)
+            return render(request, 'success.html', {'call_back_url': reverse(self.list_url), 'id': new_item.id},
+                          status=201 if did_create else 200)
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        pass
+        id = kwargs.get('id')
+        if id:
+            instance = get_object_or_404(self.Model, id=id)
+            form = self.Form(request.POST or None, instance=instance)
+        else:
+            form = self.Form
+        return render(request, 'edit.html', {'form': form, 'id': id, 'call_back': self.edit_url})