Overall straightening of the source code.

README.md

@@ -1,73 +1,15 @@
 # Environmental Simulator Quest
 
-| Gitter | Linux/Mac | Windows | Test Coverage |
-| --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- |
-| [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/Quest-Development/Quest](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/Quest-Development/Quest) | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/erdc/quest.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/erdc/quest) | [![Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/e20arxcfrcmb2ylm/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dharhas/quest) | [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/erdc/quest/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/erdc/quest) |
+| Gitter | Linux/Mac | Windows | ReadTheDocs | Test Coverage |
+| --------- | --------- | --------- | ------------- | ------------- |
+| [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/Quest-Development/Quest](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/Quest-Development/Quest) | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/erdc/quest.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/erdc/quest) | [![Build Status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/e20arxcfrcmb2ylm/branch/master?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/dharhas/quest) | [![Documentation Status](https://readthedocs.org/projects/quest/badge/?version=latest)](https://quest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest) | [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/erdc/quest/badge.svg)](https://coveralls.io/github/erdc/quest) |
 
 ### Project Description
-Quest is a python library that provides an API the ability to search, publish and download data (both geographical and non-geographical) across multiple data sources including both local repositories and web based services. The library also allows provides tools in order to manipulate and manage the data that the user is working with. 
+Quest is a Python library that provides the ability to search, publish and download data (both geographical and non-geographical) from multiple data sources, including local repositories and web-based data providers. Quest also provides a suite of tools for manipulating and transforming data once it is downloaded.
 
 ### Project Links
 - Here is a live link for the Quest Documentation: https://quest.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
 
-## Setup Dev Environment
-
-- Install miniconda
-- Install conda-env
-
-    conda install conda-env
-
-- Clone master branch
-- Create a new conda environment for development
-
-    conda env create -n quest -f py3_conda_requirements.yml
-
-    (you can also create a python 2 env but 3 is preferred)
-
-- Install quest in develop mode
-
-    python setup.py develop
-
-## Development Workflow
-
-- change to master branch
-
-    git checkout master
-
-- get the latest version of master
-
-    git pull master
-
-- create a new branch locally
-
-    git checkout -b mybranch
-
-- Develop the new features on your local machine, add tests for any new features
-- push the local branch to gitlab and set up tracking, later `git push` is all that is required.
-
-    git push -u origin mybranch
-
-- run tests on python 2 and python 3 using py.test
-- Once you have finished developing your branch, check if master has changed
-
-    git checkout master
-
-    git pull
-
-- If `git pull` pulls in new changes from master then you need to rebase
-
-    git checkout mybranch
-
-    git rebase master
-
-    (follow the prompts, you may have to fix conflicts)
-
-- after a rebase you may have to force push to gitlab on your branch
-
-    git push -f
-
-- Run tests again.
-- If everything looks good, use Gitlab to do a merge request from your branch to master
-- Once the merge has been accepted, do not continuing working in that branch. make a new branch starting at step 1
-
+Quest was designed to be extensible and has three types of plugins (io, tool, and provider). Provider plugins allow Quest to search for data from remote and local data providers. Tool plugins alloww Quest to perform different data manipulations. I/O plugins allows Quest to read and write different file formats.
 
+- Here is a link to an example Quest Plugin: https://github.com/quest-dev/quest_ncep_provider_plugin

appveyor.yml

@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ install:
   - python -c "import quest; quest.api.update_settings(dict(CACHE_DIR='%QUEST_CACHE_DIR%')); quest.api.save_settings()"
 
 test_script:
-  - python -m pytest -vv
+  - python -m pytest -vv

conda_environment.yml

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ dependencies:
     - werkzeug
 
     # test dependencies
+    - pytest=3.7.4
     - pytest-runner
     - pytest-cov
     - coveralls