switched to python 3.7 and removed non-essential installs

.travis.yml

@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ jobs:
   include:
     # Checks and docks
     - stage: test
-      python: '3.6'     # specify python 3.6
+      python: '3.7'     # specify python 3.7
       env:
         - TOXENV=check
     - stage: test
-      python: '3.6'     # specify python 3.6
+      python: '3.7'     # specify python 3.7
       env:
         - TOXENV=docs
       addons:
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         - TOXENV=py37-cover,report,codecov
     # If all goes well, we want to deploy to PyPi
     - stage: deploy
-      python: '3.6'     # specify python 3.6
+      python: '3.7'     # specify python 3.7
       env: TOXENV=none  # overwrite environment var
       install: skip     # no need to install tox
       script: skip      # run no tests

.vscode/settings.json

@@ -32,5 +32,6 @@
         "pointisotherm",
         "scipy"
     ],
-    "coverage-gutters.xmlname": "coverage.xml"
+    "coverage-gutters.xmlname": "coverage.xml",
+    "python.pythonPath": "C:\\tools\\miniconda3\\envs\\py37\\python.exe"
 }

appveyor.yml

@@ -57,13 +57,21 @@ install:
   - cmd: conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
   - cmd: conda update -q conda
 
-  # this is now the downloaded conda
+  # get the conda info
   - cmd: conda info -a
-  - cmd: conda create -q -n testenv python=%PYTHON_VERSION% setuptools pip pytest>3.1 numpy pandas scipy matplotlib bokeh xlrd xlwt jinja2 nose
+
+  # install required packages
+  - cmd: conda create -q -n testenv python=%PYTHON_VERSION%
+            setuptools
+            pip
+            coverage
+            pytest>3.1
+            pytest-cov
+            numpy
+            pandas
+            scipy
+            matplotlib
   - activate testenv
-  - pip install -U "pytest>=3.1.0" --ignore-installed
-  - pip install coverage
-  - pip install pytest-cov
 
   # Now build the module
   - '%WITH_COMPILER% pip install -ve .'

ci/templates/.travis.yml

@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ jobs:
   include:
     # Checks and docks
     - stage: test
-      python: '3.6'     # specify python 3.6
+      python: '3.7'     # specify python 3.7
       env:
         - TOXENV=check
     - stage: test
-      python: '3.6'     # specify python 3.6
+      python: '3.7'     # specify python 3.7
       env:
         - TOXENV=docs
       addons:
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ jobs:
 
     # If all goes well, we want to deploy to PyPi
     - stage: deploy
-      python: '3.6'     # specify python 3.6
+      python: '3.7'     # specify python 3.7
       env: TOXENV=none  # overwrite environment var
       install: skip     # no need to install tox
       script: skip      # run no tests

ci/templates/appveyor.yml

@@ -44,13 +44,21 @@ install:
   - cmd: conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
   - cmd: conda update -q conda
 
-  # this is now the downloaded conda
+  # get the conda info
   - cmd: conda info -a
-  - cmd: conda create -q -n testenv python=%PYTHON_VERSION% setuptools pip pytest>3.1 numpy pandas scipy matplotlib bokeh xlrd xlwt jinja2 nose
+
+  # install required packages
+  - cmd: conda create -q -n testenv python=%PYTHON_VERSION%
+            setuptools
+            pip
+            coverage
+            pytest>3.1
+            pytest-cov
+            numpy
+            pandas
+            scipy
+            matplotlib
   - activate testenv
-  - pip install -U "pytest>=3.1.0" --ignore-installed
-  - pip install coverage
-  - pip install pytest-cov
 
   # Now build the module
   - '%WITH_COMPILER% pip install -ve .'