refactored login view to be more standard

login/views.py

@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@ def index(request):
 	"""
 	if request.user.is_authenticated:
 		return redirect('homepage:index')
-	if request.method == "GET":
+	if request.method == 'POST':
+		form = LoginForm(request.POST)
+		if form.is_valid():
+			user = authenticate(
+				request,
+				username=form.cleaned_data.get('username'),
+				password=form.cleaned_data.get('password'))
+			if user is not None:
+				login(request, user)
+				messages.success(request, "Logged in")
+				return redirect('homepage:index')
+		messages.error(request, "Invalid credentials")
+	else:
 		form = LoginForm()
-		return render(request, 'login/index.html', {'form': form})
-	form = LoginForm(request.POST)
-	if form.is_valid():
-		user = authenticate(
-			request,
-			username=form.cleaned_data.get('username'),
-			password=form.cleaned_data.get('password'))
-		if user is not None:
-			login(request, user)
-			messages.success(request, "Logged in")
-			return redirect('homepage:index')
-	messages.error(request, "Invalid credentials")
 	return render(request, 'login/index.html', {'form': form})