title: HttpResponse vs. Render
body: <p>I was looking over some code and came to this question -- <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1921523/django-what-is-the-difference-b-w-httpresponse-vs-httpresponseredirect-vs-render">Django: What is the difference b/w HttpResponse vs HttpResponseRedirect vs render_to_response</a> -- which discusses the different types of request responses. </p>
  
  <p>Is there ever a reason to use <code>HttpResponse</code> over <code>render</code>? If so, what would be the use case and advantage of doing so? Thank you.</p>