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{% load static %}

<section class="emphasis">

    <h1>{% trans "Welcome!" %}</h1>

    <p>

        {% blocktrans %}Hello there! I'm Maarten, a happy

        student from Belgium, and this is my amazing personal website.

        I like a lot of things, and I share some of those in here. Take

        a look around, read a bit, talk with me, and most importantly,

        enjoy your stay!{% endblocktrans %}

    </p>

</section>

<div class="cards">

    {# Blog card #}

    <div id="blog" class="card">

        <img src="/media/main/blog.jpg" />

        <h3>{% trans "Blog" %}</h3>

        <p>

            {% blocktrans %}My personal scribblepad, written from scratch,

            on which I ramble about everything I like. Highly recommended

            while eating breakfast.{% endblocktrans %}

        </p>

        <a class="btn text" href="{% url 'blog-index' %}">{% trans "Visit blog" %}</a>

    </div>

    {# Gitar card #}

    <div id="gitar" class="card" style="flex-grow: 2">

        <!-- HAHAHAA I CAN'T DESIGN LOGOS -->

        <img src="/media/main/gitar.png" />

        <h3>Gitar</h3>

        <p>

            {% blocktrans %}I actually don't use GitHub to host my code,

            contrary to a lot of other coders. Instead, I've been trying to

            create something that's just fit to my taste. I host a couple of

            archive repositories there, as well as dotfiles, and that jazz. It's

            a continuing work, so don't flip your desk if the layout is upside

            down tomorrow =3{% endblocktrans %}

        </p>

        <a class="btn text" href="{% url 'gitar-index' %}">

        {% trans "Check code" %}</a>

    </div>

    {# About myself card #}

    <div id="about" class="card">

        <img src="/media/about/images/parallax.png" />

        <!-- I still don't have a good picture or still life about

            myself, so yes, I'm copying my parallax for a while. Sorry! -->

        <h3>{% trans "About me" %}</h3>

        <p>

            {% blocktrans %}Well, if you wish to know more of me, I have a page

            where I describe myself in a couple more sentences. You know,

    because I can =)

            {% endblocktrans %}

        </p>

        <a class="btn text" href="{% url "main-myself" %}">{% trans "Read on" %}</a>

    </div>

    {# Publications card #}

    <div id="eldonoj" class="card">

        <!--<img src="/media/about/images/publications.png" />-->

        <h3>{% translate "Publications" %}</h3>

        <p>

            {% blocktranslate %}Throughout my academic career, I've written a lot,

            sometimes together with other people. To avoid that these papers get

            lost to the passing of time, I've decided to publish them on my website, should somebody

            want to read them.{% endblocktranslate %}

        </p>

        <a class="btn text" href="{% url "publications-index" %}">{% translate "Consult publications" %}</a>

    </div>

    {# Projects card #}

    <div id="project" class="card">

        <h3>{% trans "Other projects" %}</h3>

        <p>

            {% blocktrans %}Projects come and go, and with my website I can

            present them to you. This cards takes you to the

            archive of past projects.

            {% endblocktrans %}

        </p>

        <a class="btn text disabled" href="{% url "main-project-archive" %}">

            {% trans "View projects" %}</a>

    </div>

    {# Activism card #}

    <div id="aktivismo" class="card">

        <h3>{% trans "Activism" %}</h3>

        <p>

            {% blocktrans %}Trying to make this place better takes some time. So

            I made a page in the hopes that it can engage you to partake in that

            process. Because it's never too late to begin.

            {% endblocktrans %}

        </p>

        <a class="btn text" href="{% url "activism" %}">

            {% trans "List talking points" %}</a>

    </div>

</div>

{% comment %}

    <h2>{% translate "Contact me" %}</h2>

    <p>{% blocktranslate %}If you wish to contact me, use this convenient form,

        and leave some contact info of yourself so I can get back to you. Abuse

    <form action="" method="post">

        <input type="text" name="name" mozactionhint="send" enterkeyhint="send" maxlength="64" placeholder="{% translate "Your name" %}" required>

        <textarea name="" maxlength="2000" spellcheck="true" name="message" required

</section>

{% endcomment %}

from datetime import date

from django.utils import timezone

from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, render # This allows to render the template with the view here. It's pretty cool and important.

from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse # Why?

from django.urls import reverse # Why?

from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _

from .models import *

def get_age():

    """Returns my current age."""

    today = date.today()

    birthday = date(1996, 8, 28)

    age = today - birthday

    years = str(int(age.days / 365))

    return years

def footer_description():

    return _("Main pages of Maarten's website, a %(years)s year old Belgian programmer. Also an undergraduate student of Informatics @ UHasselt, and graduate student of Engineering Informatics at Ghent University.") % {'years': get_age()}

def footer_links():

    footer_links = [

        [_("Contact me"), "mailto:maarten.vangeneugden@student.uhasselt.be"],

        [_("Hasselt University"), "https://www.uhasselt.be"],

        [_("Ghent University"), "https://www.ugent.be"],

            ]

    return footer_links

# TODO: Move this stuff to the template module. This is basically a description

# of HOW to display data, but the view module is only responsible for WHAT data

# to display.

def standard_context():

    context = {

            'navbar_backArrow': True,

            'footer_title': _("Home page"),

            'footer_description': footer_description(),

            'footer_links': footer_links(),

            'stylesheet_name': "home",

            }

    return context

def get_current_status(dt = None):

    """Returns a string specifying my current state (and sometimes location).

    This function is actually based on my weekly schedule. I'd normally hook it

    up to my iCal files, but that doesn't include things like sleeping. Not to

    mention my university has a hard time following standards like "Put the

    location in the location field, not in the title of the appointment". I

    figured a simple function would do the job just as well.

    Keyword arguments:

    dt -- The datetime object of the day to check (defaults to current local time)

    """

    MONDAY = 0

    TUESDAY = 1

    WEDNESDAY = 2

    THURSDAY = 3

    FRIDAY = 4

    SATURDAY = 5

    SUNDAY = 6

    if dt is None:

        timezone.activate("Europe/Brussels")

        dt = timezone.localtime(timezone.now())

    day = dt.weekday()

    hour = dt.time().hour

    minute = dt.time().minute

    """ Note on usage of the range() function:

    range(x, y) returns a list, beginning from x, but excluding y. So if a

    course runs from 13:00 to 15:00, then y should still be 15. Why? Because

    that makes it so that 14:59 is included, but 15:00 is not. if y would be 16,

    then 15:30 would also be included.

    """

    # If nothing's returned by now, return a general response

    return _("Probably chilling a bit. Feel free to talk! ❤")

# Views:

def index(request):

    timezone.activate("Europe/Brussels")

    time_string = timezone.localtime(timezone.now()).strftime(" (%H:%M) ")

    status = _("Current status/location:") + time_string + get_current_status()

    template = "about/index.djhtml"

    # TODO: Move this stuff to the template module. This is basically a description

def myself(request):

    template = "about/about.djhtml"

    context = {

            'subject': _("Myself"),

            'navbar_title': _("Myself"),

            'age': get_age(),

            }

    context.update(standard_context())

    return render(request, template, context)

def project_archive(request):

    template = "about/project-archive.djhtml"

    context = standard_context()

    return render(request, template, context)

def activism(request):

    template = "about/activism.djhtml"

    context = standard_context()

    return render(request, template, context)