Use StringIO instead of cStringIO to avoid unicode issues.
Merge pull request #201 from edx/will/fix-unicode-error-in-scenario-xml

Encode unicode as UTF-8 before passing it to cStringIO
Add Chris Terman
Add badges to README for travis and coveralls
fix up travis
Merge pull request #203 from singingwolfboy/test-badges

Add badges to README for travis and coveralls
Install django requirements on Travis
PyCon 2014 Sprint Additions

1. Add 'Required Background Knowledge' section
2. Add instructions on using virtual environments
3. Minor syntax updates
Add reference to CONTRIBUTING.rst in edx-platform repo.
Add Mike Dunn <mike@eikonomega.com>
Chose one way of creating virtual environments.
Run pep8 and pylint on Travis
We don't need xvfb to run the tests
Test building the docs
Clean up pep8 checking
Upgrade pylint
Reduce pylint error count
Limit pylint violations to 30 on Travis
fix spaces
corrected typo