What is the difference render() and redirect() in Django?

Question

What's difference between

def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    if form.is_valid():
        order = form.save(commit=False)
        order.user = request.user
        order.save()
        return redirect('orders:success')

and

def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
    if form.is_valid():
        order = form.save(commit=False)
        order.user = request.user
        order.save()
        return render(
            request,
            'orders/success.html',
            {}
        )

I think these are totally same.

Any difference?

Answer 1

The render function Combines a given template with a given context dictionary and returns an HttpResponse object with that rendered text.

You request a page and the render function returns it.

The redirect function sends another request to the given url.