It should help catch unicode encoding problems earlier.

This also updates python-saml dependency to a version that includes a
patch for unicode strings.

2. Add site configuration overrides to theming/helpers.py
3. Move microsite.get_value from theming/helpers to site_configuration/helpers
4. Move microsite_configuration.microsite.get_value usages to site_configuration.helpers.values

Reset client post parameters after each payment_fake test, because the sign method modifies the supplied dictionary

By default, disable all caching in tests, to preserve test independence.
In order to enable caching, inherit from CacheSetupMixin, and specify
which cache configuration is needed.

[EV-32]

The TestCase API doesn't accept arguments, so passing arguments for some
TestCase subclasses makes adding new inheritance/mixins tricky. Instead,
prefer configuration via class attributes for TestCases.

More accurately, this creates a 4th shard because the
last shard is always the default.

More accurately, this creates a 4th shard because the
last shard is always the default.

The verification workflow assumes that all verified courses will have a
price. Free verified course modes cause a 404 when the user attempts to
enroll or upgrade.

The verification workflow assumes that all verified courses will have a
price. Free verified course modes cause a 404 when the user attempts to
enroll or upgrade.

ECOM-2972

ECOM-2562

There's no need to use a string literal in setattr, delattr, or the
two-argument form of getattr.

Please note that this is a squshed commit and the work of:
Symbolist, macdiesel, nedbat, doctoryes, muzaffaryousaf and muhammad-ammar

Hide shopping cart menu only if request is coming from a micro site and
requested page is from courseware.

Shopping Cart menu should not be visible in case of while label site.

added tests

These signals are caught by the Teams app and used to update
`last_activity_at` on both teams and individual users.

TNL-2497

Skipped 'print' statement violations, as print() is Py3k syntax.