emancipated hardcoded form views & html from base.html, apps.dashboard.views, apps.dashboard.tests.test_views; added get_item_input_box() helper method to functional_tests.base & retrofitted the other FTs to utilize it

src/apps/dashboard/views.py

@@ -4,26 +4,24 @@ from .forms import ItemForm
 from .models import Item, List
 
 def home_page(request):
-    # return render(request, 'apps/dashboard/home.html', {"form": ItemForm()})
-    return render(request, "apps/dashboard/home.html")
+    return render(request, 'apps/dashboard/home.html', {"form": ItemForm()})
 
 def new_list(request):
-    nulist = List.objects.create()
-    item = Item(text=request.POST['text'], list=nulist)
-    try:
-        item.full_clean()
-        item.save()
-    except ValidationError:
-        nulist.delete()
-        error = "You can't have an empty list item"
-        return render(request, "apps/dashboard/home.html", {"error": error})
-    return redirect(nulist)
+    form = ItemForm(data=request.POST)
+    if form.is_valid():
+        nulist = List.objects.create()
+        Item.objects.create(text=request.POST["text"], list=nulist)
+        return redirect(nulist)
+    else:
+        return render(request, "apps/dashboard/home.html", {"form": form})
 
 def view_list(request, list_id):
     our_list = List.objects.get(id=list_id)
     error = None
+    form = ItemForm()
 
     if request.method == "POST":
+        form = ItemForm(data=request.POST)
         try:
             item = Item(text=request.POST['text'], list=our_list)
             item.full_clean()
@@ -32,5 +30,5 @@ def view_list(request, list_id):
         except ValidationError:
             error = "You can't have an empty list item"
 
-    return render(request, 'apps/dashboard/list.html', {'list': our_list, "error": error})
+    return render(request, 'apps/dashboard/list.html', {'list': our_list, "form": form, "error": error})