@matley I wasn't aware of `django.test.client`. My goal here was to test the view functions as one would test normal Python functions (without having to actually run django or any of the other scaffolding required). Due to time constraints and my lack of familiarity with the oq-platform architecture, my goal was implement an extremely __lightweight__ method of testing this new code. As you can see, the tests can simply be run by setting up PYTHONPATH appropriately and running `nosetests`--nothing more.

If you have some specific suggestions for how to improve this, I'd be more than happy to hear them. =)