also apply sorting rules overrides to the /courses view

lms/djangoapps/branding/tests.py

@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ import student.views
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.django_utils import ModuleStoreTestCase
 from xmodule.modulestore.tests.factories import CourseFactory
 
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
 FEATURES_WITH_STARTDATE = settings.FEATURES.copy()
 FEATURES_WITH_STARTDATE['DISABLE_START_DATES'] = False
 FEATURES_WO_STARTDATE = settings.FEATURES.copy()
@@ -140,6 +142,7 @@ class IndexPageCourseCardsSortingTests(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.factory = RequestFactory()
 
     @patch('student.views.render_to_response', RENDER_MOCK)
+    @patch('courseware.views.render_to_response', RENDER_MOCK)
     def test_course_cards_sorted_by_default_sorting(self):
         response = self.client.get('/')
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
@@ -151,7 +154,19 @@ class IndexPageCourseCardsSortingTests(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(context['courses'][1].id, self.starting_earlier.id)
         self.assertEqual(context['courses'][2].id, self.course_with_default_start_date.id)
 
+        # check the /courses view
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('branding.views.courses'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        ((template, context), _) = RENDER_MOCK.call_args
+        self.assertEqual(template, 'courseware/courses.html')
+
+        # Now the courses will be stored in their announcement dates.
+        self.assertEqual(context['courses'][0].id, self.starting_later.id)
+        self.assertEqual(context['courses'][1].id, self.starting_earlier.id)
+        self.assertEqual(context['courses'][2].id, self.course_with_default_start_date.id)
+
     @patch('student.views.render_to_response', RENDER_MOCK)
+    @patch('courseware.views.render_to_response', RENDER_MOCK)
     @patch.dict('django.conf.settings.FEATURES', {'ENABLE_COURSE_SORTING_BY_START_DATE': True})
     def test_course_cards_sorted_by_start_date_show_earliest_first(self):
         response = self.client.get('/')
@@ -163,3 +178,14 @@ class IndexPageCourseCardsSortingTests(ModuleStoreTestCase):
         self.assertEqual(context['courses'][0].id, self.starting_earlier.id)
         self.assertEqual(context['courses'][1].id, self.starting_later.id)
         self.assertEqual(context['courses'][2].id, self.course_with_default_start_date.id)
+
+        # check the /courses view as well
+        response = self.client.get(reverse('branding.views.courses'))
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        ((template, context), _) = RENDER_MOCK.call_args
+        self.assertEqual(template, 'courseware/courses.html')
+
+        # now the courses will be sorted by their creation dates, earliest first.
+        self.assertEqual(context['courses'][0].id, self.starting_earlier.id)
+        self.assertEqual(context['courses'][1].id, self.starting_later.id)
+        self.assertEqual(context['courses'][2].id, self.course_with_default_start_date.id)

lms/djangoapps/courseware/views.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ from markupsafe import escape
 from courseware import grades
 from courseware.access import has_access, _adjust_start_date_for_beta_testers
 from courseware.courses import get_courses, get_course, get_studio_url, get_course_with_access, sort_by_announcement
+from courseware.courses import sort_by_start_date
 from courseware.masquerade import setup_masquerade
 from courseware.model_data import FieldDataCache
 from .module_render import toc_for_course, get_module_for_descriptor, get_module
@@ -103,7 +104,12 @@ def courses(request):
     Render "find courses" page.  The course selection work is done in courseware.courses.
     """
     courses = get_courses(request.user, request.META.get('HTTP_HOST'))
-    courses = sort_by_announcement(courses)
+
+    if microsite.get_value("ENABLE_COURSE_SORTING_BY_START_DATE",
+                           settings.FEATURES["ENABLE_COURSE_SORTING_BY_START_DATE"]):
+        courses = sort_by_start_date(courses)
+    else:
+        courses = sort_by_announcement(courses)
 
     return render_to_response("courseware/courses.html", {'courses': courses})