In Django, routing refers to the way that Django matches an incoming web request to a particular view. In other words, if a user requests a particular URL or performs a particular action, then a particular section of code will be executed. This process is handled by URL patterns that map requests to view functions or class-based views.

Here's how it works:

• Django uses a URL configuration file (or urlconf) to define all the possible routes in the application. It defines which views are called based on requested URLS or actions performed by users. This file is called urls.py and is found in each Django app. The main urls.py is located at the project level and can include app-specific URL configurations.

• Each URL pattern is defined using Django's path() or re_path() function (for regular expressions). These functions map a URL pattern to a view.

URL configuration (urls.py)

Open the urls.py file in your app folder (eg. myapp). Make sure you open that and not the one in the project folder. There will already be some code from earlier in the course that routes the user to the home page (index) if the home page URL is requested.