title: Error in test application / TemplateDoesNotExist django 1.8+
body: <p>I gone through earlier queries like <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31769192/django-test-project-templatedoesnotexist-at">this one</a> and  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=TemplateDoesNotExist%20at%20%2F">some more</a>. But could not find the solution. Issue is the same as mentioned in earlier questions. I'm using <code>django - 1.8.1</code> and <code>python 2.7</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>urls.py</strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>from django.conf.urls import include, url
  from django.contrib import admin
  from mysite.myapp import views 
  urlpatterns = [
      url(r'^admin/', include(admin.site.urls)),
      url(r'^$', views.helloWorld, name="HelloWorld"),
  
  ]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>views.py</strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def helloWorld(request):
      """
      """
      return render("login.html", {})
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>settings.py</strong>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
  
  
  # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production
  # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/howto/deployment/checklist/
  SECRET_KEY = ')j+s&amp;4t((&amp;gq#5%acu(jw-&amp;!qyp004hal)yzic50d5a%au^qjz'
  
  # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
  DEBUG = True
  
  ALLOWED_HOSTS = []
  
  
  # Application definition
  
  INSTALLED_APPS = (
      'django.contrib.admin',
      'django.contrib.auth',
      'django.contrib.contenttypes',
      'django.contrib.sessions',
      'django.contrib.messages',
      'django.contrib.staticfiles',
      'mysite.myapp',
  )
  
  MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
      'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.auth.middleware.SessionAuthenticationMiddleware',
      'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
      'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware',
  )
  
  ROOT_URLCONF = 'mysite.urls'
  
  TEMPLATES = [
      {    
          'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
          'DIRS': ["/home/laxmikant/Work/mysite/mysite/templates/"],
          'APP_DIRS': True,
          'OPTIONS': {
              'context_processors': [
                  'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                  'django.template.context_processors.request',
                  'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                  'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
              ],
          },
      },
  ]
  
  WSGI_APPLICATION = 'mysite.wsgi.application'
  
  
  # Database
  # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/settings/#databases
  
  DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
          'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
      }
  }
  
  STATIC_URL = '/static/'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And the directory structure:</p>
  
  <pre><code>├── db.sqlite3
  ├── manage.py
  └── mysite
      ├── __init__.py
      ├── myapp
      │   ├── admin.py
      │   ├── __init__.py
      │   ├── migrations
      │   │   └── __init__.py
      │   ├── models.py
      │   ├── tests.py
      │   └── views.py
      ├── settings.py
      ├── templates
      │   └── login.html
      ├── urls.py
      └── wsgi.py
  </code></pre>