News app

* adds news app for future implementations

news/views.py

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+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.http import HttpRequest
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+from konova.contexts import BaseContext
+from news.models import ServerMessage
+
+
+@login_required
+def index_view(request: HttpRequest):
+    """ Renders an overview of all news
+
+    Args:
+        request (HttpRequest): The incoming request
+
+    Returns:
+
+    """
+    template = "news/index.html"
+    now = timezone.now()
+    news = ServerMessage.objects.filter(
+        is_active=True,
+        publish_on__lte=now,
+        unpublish_on__gte=now
+    ).order_by(
+        "-publish_on"
+    )
+
+    context = {
+        "news": news,
+    }
+    context = BaseContext(request, context).context
+    return render(request, template, context)