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[1.6.x] Documentation -- Clarified use of 'view' in test client introduction. 

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@ -346,7 +346,8 @@ Some of the things you can do with the test client are:
everything from low-level HTTP (result headers and status codes) to
page content.
* Test that the correct view is executed for a given URL.
* See the chain of redirects (if any) and check the URL and status code at
each step.
* Test that a given request is rendered by a given Django template, with
a template context that contains certain values.
@ -355,8 +356,8 @@ Note that the test client is not intended to be a replacement for Selenium_ or
other "in-browser" frameworks. Django's test client has a different focus. In
short:
* Use Django's test client to establish that the correct view is being
called and that the view is collecting the correct context data.
* Use Django's test client to establish that the correct template is being
rendered and that the template is passed the correct context data.
* Use in-browser frameworks like Selenium_ to test *rendered* HTML and the
*behavior* of Web pages, namely JavaScript functionality. Django also