Workspace updates

.gitignore

@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@
 *.pyc
 /.cache
 /_docs
-/venv*
+/venv*
+/_tmp

.travis.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+language: python
+python:
+  - "3.5"
+  - "3.6"
+  - "3.7"
+# Two lines below needed for testing Py3.7: https://github.com/travis-ci/travis-ci/issues/9069#issuecomment-425720905
+sudo: required
+dist: xenial
+install: pip install .[test]
+script: pytest

.vscode/pypi-upload.cmd

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+del /Q dist\*.tar.gz
+python setup.py sdist && twine upload dist\*.tar.gz

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+    "files.exclude": {
+        "**/.git": true,         // this is a default value
+        "**/.DS_Store": true,    // this is a default value
+        "build": true,
+        "dist": true,
+        "*.egg-info": true,
+        "venv*": true,
+        ".cache": true,
+        "**/__pycache__": true,
+        "Untitled.ipynb": true,
+        ".ipynb_checkpoints": true,
+        ".pytest_cache": true,
+        "**/*.pyc": true
+    },
+    "python.pythonPath": "${workspaceFolder}\\venv3\\Scripts\\python.exe",
+    "python.unitTest.pyTestEnabled": true,
+    "python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
+    "python.linting.enabled": true,
+    "python.linting.pylintUseMinimalCheckers": false,
+    "python.linting.pylintPath": "${workspaceFolder}\\venv3\\Scripts\\pylint.exe",
+    // https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-python/issues/435
+}

.vscode/tasks.json

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+    // See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=733558
+    // for the documentation about the tasks.json format
+    "version": "2.0.0",
+    "type": "shell",
+    "isBackground": true,
+    "options": {
+        "env": {"PATH": "./venv3/Scripts"}
+    },
+    "presentation": {
+        "panel": "dedicated"
+    },
+    "tasks": [
+        {
+            "label": "jupyter",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": "jupyter notebook",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "shell",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "command": "ipython",
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "always",
+                "panel": "new",
+                "focus": true
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "py.test: all tests",
+            "command": "py.test",
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "always",
+                "panel": "dedicated"
+            },
+            "group": "test"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "py.test: current file",
+            "command": "py.test",
+            "args": [
+                "${file}"
+            ],
+            "problemMatcher": [],
+            "presentation": {
+                "reveal": "always",
+                "panel": "dedicated"
+            },
+            "group": {
+                "kind": "test",
+                "isDefault": true
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "Upload to PyPI",
+            "command": ".\\.vscode\\pypi-upload.cmd",
+            "problemMatcher": []
+        }
+    ]
+}

README.rst

@@ -78,13 +78,9 @@ Development
 
 If you plan to develop or debug the package, consider installing it by running::
 
-    $ python setup.py develop
-
-from within the source distribution. The package contains a basic set of smoke tests. To run those you should first make sure you have
-`pytest` installed::
-
-    $ pip install pytest
+    $ pip install -e .[dev]
 
+This will install the package in "editable" mode and add a couple of useful extras (such as `pytest`). 
 You can then run the tests by typing::
 
     $ py.test