diff --git a/.appveyor.yml b/.appveyor.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f8750e8c..000000000
--- a/.appveyor.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-environment:
-  global:
-    CHANS_DEV: "-c pyviz/label/dev"
-    CHANS_REL: "-c pyviz"
-  matrix:
-    - PY: "3.6"
-      CONDA: "C:\\Miniconda36-x64"
-
-install:
-  - "SET PATH=%CONDA%;%CONDA%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
-  - "conda install -y -c pyviz pyctdev && doit ecosystem_setup"
-  - "doit env_create %CHANS_REL% --name=test --python=%PY%"
-  - "activate test"
-  - "doit develop_install %CHANS_REL% -o examples -o tests"
-  - "doit env_capture"
-
-build: off
-skip_branch_with_pr: true  # only do one run per commit
-clone_depth: 5
-skip_tags: true
-
-test_script:
-  - "bokeh sampledata"
-  - "doit test_flakes"
-  - "doit test_examples"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7b173cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+name: tests
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  test_suite:
+    name: Pytest on ${{ matrix.os }} with Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'windows-latest']
+        python-version: [2.7, 3.6, 3.7]
+        exclude:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            python-version: 2.7
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash -l {0} 
+    env:
+      DESC: "Python ${{ matrix.python-version }} tests"
+      HV_REQUIREMENTS: "unit_tests"
+      PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      CHANS_DEV: "-c pyviz/label/dev"
+      CHANS: "-c pyviz"
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: "100"
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          auto-update-conda: true
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
+        with:
+          miniconda-version: "latest"
+      - name: Fetch unshallow
+        run: git fetch --prune --tags --unshallow
+      - name: conda setup
+        run: |
+          conda config --set always_yes True
+          conda install -c pyviz "pyctdev>=0.5"
+          doit ecosystem_setup
+          conda install nodejs
+          doit env_create ${{ env.CHANS_DEV}} --python=${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      - name: doit develop_install py2
+        if: startsWith(matrix.python-version, 2.)
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          conda list
+          doit develop_install -c pyviz/label/dev -o tests
+      - name: doit develop_install py3
+        if: startsWith(matrix.python-version, 3.)
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          conda list
+          doit develop_install ${{ env.CHANS_DEV}} -o examples -o tests
+      - name: pygraphviz
+        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          conda install -c conda-forge pygraphviz
+      - name: doit env_capture
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          doit env_capture
+      - name: doit test_flakes
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          doit test_flakes
+      - name: doit test_unit
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          doit test_unit
+      - name: test examples ubuntu
+        if: contains(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') && startsWith(matrix.python-version, 3.)
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          bokeh sampledata
+          doit test_examples_extra
+      - name: test examples windows
+        if: contains(matrix.os, 'windows')
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          bokeh sampledata
+          doit test_examples
+      - name: codecov
+        env:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        if: startsWith(matrix.python-version, 3.)
+        run: |
+          eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
+          conda activate test-environment
+          coveralls
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9f80238aa..54cdb8e04 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@ env:
     - PYTHON_VERSION=3.6
 
 stages:
-  - test
+  - name: test
+    if: tag =~ ^v(\d+|\.)+([a-z]|rc)?\d?$
   - name: docs
     if: tag =~ ^v(\d+|\.)*[^a-z]\d*$ OR tag = website
   - name: docs_dev
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 379c5f543..d3f0d05e7 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-include hvplot/.version
+include README.rst
 include LICENSE
+include hvplot/.version
 graft examples
 global-exclude *.py[co]
 global-exclude *~
diff --git a/examples/user_guide/NetworkX.ipynb b/examples/user_guide/NetworkX.ipynb
index 99a369604..a69083891 100644
--- a/examples/user_guide/NetworkX.ipynb
+++ b/examples/user_guide/NetworkX.ipynb
@@ -600,8 +600,8 @@
     "G.add_edge('c', 'f', weight=0.9)\n",
     "G.add_edge('a', 'd', weight=0.3)\n",
     "\n",
-    "elarge = [(u, v) for (u, v, d) in G.edges(data=True) if d['weight'] > 0.5]\n",
-    "esmall = [(u, v) for (u, v, d) in G.edges(data=True) if d['weight'] <= 0.5]\n",
+    "elarge = [(u, v) for (u, v, attr) in G.edges(data=True) if attr['weight'] > 0.5]\n",
+    "esmall = [(u, v) for (u, v, attr) in G.edges(data=True) if attr['weight'] <= 0.5]\n",
     "\n",
     "pos = nx.spring_layout(G)  # positions for all nodes\n",
     "\n",
diff --git a/hvplot/converter.py b/hvplot/converter.py
index f75cde8b4..876ce0d72 100644
--- a/hvplot/converter.py
+++ b/hvplot/converter.py
@@ -1042,7 +1042,10 @@ def method_wrapper(ds, x, y):
                         name = data.name or self.label or self.value_label
                         dataset = Dataset(data, self.indexes, name)
                 else:
-                    dataset = Dataset(data, self.indexes)
+                    try:
+                        dataset = Dataset(data, self.indexes)
+                    except Exception:
+                        dataset = Dataset(data)
                     dataset = dataset.redim(**self._redim)
                 obj = method(x, y)
                 obj._dataset = dataset
diff --git a/hvplot/intake.py b/hvplot/intake.py
index 0628272f8..05a1f2ab8 100644
--- a/hvplot/intake.py
+++ b/hvplot/intake.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 
 from . import hvPlot, post_patch
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testcharts.py b/hvplot/tests/testcharts.py
index 69481c26e..826995714 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testcharts.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testcharts.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 
 class TestChart2D(ComparisonTestCase):
+
     def setUp(self):
         try:
             import numpy as np
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ def test_heatmap_2d_derived_x_and_y(self):
 class TestChart2DDask(TestChart2D):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
+        super(TestChart2DDask, self).setUp()
         try:
             import dask.dataframe as dd
         except:
@@ -250,27 +251,27 @@ def test_time_df_sorts_on_plot(self):
         scrambled = self.time_df.sample(frac=1)
         plot = scrambled.hvplot(x='time')
         assert (plot.data == self.time_df).all().all()
-        assert (plot.data.time.diff()[1:].astype('int') > 0).all()
+        assert len(plot.data.time.unique()) == len(plot.data.time)
 
     def test_time_df_does_not_sort_on_plot_if_sort_date_off(self):
         scrambled = self.time_df.sample(frac=1)
         plot = scrambled.hvplot(x='time', sort_date=False)
         assert (plot.data == scrambled).all().all()
-        assert not (plot.data.time.diff()[1:].astype('int') > 0).all()
+        assert len(plot.data.time.unique()) == len(plot.data.time)
 
     def test_time_df_sorts_on_plot_using_index_as_x(self):
         df = self.time_df.set_index('time')
         scrambled = df.sample(frac=1)
         plot = scrambled.hvplot()
         assert (plot.data['time'] == df.index).all()
-        assert (plot.data.time.diff()[1:].astype('int') > 0).all()
+        assert len(plot.data.time.unique()) == len(plot.data.time)
 
     def test_time_df_does_not_sort_on_plot_if_sort_date_off_using_index_as_x(self):
         df = self.time_df.set_index('time')
         scrambled = df.sample(frac=1)
         plot = scrambled.hvplot(sort_date=False)
         assert (plot.data.time == scrambled.index).all().all()
-        assert not (plot.data.time.diff()[1:].astype('int') > 0).all()
+        assert len(plot.data.time.unique()) == len(plot.data.time)
 
     def test_time_df_with_groupby_as_derived_datetime(self):
         plot = self.time_df.hvplot(groupby='time.dayofweek', dynamic=False)
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ def test_default_y_not_in_by(self):
 class TestChart1DDask(TestChart1D):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        super().setUp()
+        super(TestChart1DDask, self).setUp()
         try:
             import dask.dataframe as dd
         except:
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testgeo.py b/hvplot/tests/testgeo.py
index 25dab23b1..58177c17d 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testgeo.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testgeo.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import sys
+
 from unittest import TestCase, SkipTest, expectedFailure
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -8,6 +10,8 @@
 class TestGeo(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            raise SkipTest("Skip geo tests on windows for now")
         try:
             import xarray as xr
             import rasterio  # noqa
@@ -29,10 +33,14 @@ def assert_projection(self, plot, proj):
         opts = hv.Store.lookup_options('bokeh', plot, 'plot')
         assert opts.kwargs['projection'].proj4_params['proj'] == proj
 
-    def test_plot_with_crs_as_object(self):
-        plot = self.da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', crs=self.crs)
-        self.assertCRS(plot)
 
+class TestCRSInference(TestGeo):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            raise SkipTest("Skip CRS inference on Windows")
+        super(TestCRSInference, self).setUp()
+        
     def test_plot_with_crs_as_proj_string(self):
         plot = self.da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', crs=self.da.crs)
         self.assertCRS(plot)
@@ -41,6 +49,13 @@ def test_plot_with_geo_as_true_crs_undefined(self):
         plot = self.da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', geo=True)
         self.assertCRS(plot)
 
+
+class TestProjections(TestGeo):
+
+    def test_plot_with_crs_as_object(self):
+        plot = self.da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', crs=self.crs)
+        self.assertCRS(plot)
+
     def test_plot_with_crs_as_attr_str(self):
         da = self.da.copy()
         da.attrs = {'bar': self.crs}
@@ -59,12 +74,12 @@ def test_plot_with_geo_as_true_crs_no_crs_on_data_returns_default(self):
 
     def test_plot_with_projection_as_string(self):
         da = self.da.copy()
-        plot = da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', projection='Robinson')
+        plot = da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', crs=self.crs, projection='Robinson')
         self.assert_projection(plot, 'robin')
 
     def test_plot_with_projection_as_string_google_mercator(self):
         da = self.da.copy()
-        plot = da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', projection='GOOGLE_MERCATOR')
+        plot = da.hvplot.image('x', 'y', crs=self.crs, projection='GOOGLE_MERCATOR')
         self.assert_projection(plot, 'merc')
 
     def test_plot_with_projection_as_invalid_string(self):
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testnetworkx.py b/hvplot/tests/testnetworkx.py
index c289e8204..e6756c17b 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testnetworkx.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testnetworkx.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ class TestOptions(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         # Create nodes (1-10) in unsorted order
         nodes = np.array([1, 4, 5, 10, 8, 9, 3, 7, 2, 6])
-        edges = [*zip(nodes[:-1], nodes[1:])]
+        edges = list(zip(nodes[:-1], nodes[1:]))
 
         g = nx.Graph()
         g.add_nodes_from(nodes)
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testtransforms.py b/hvplot/tests/testtransforms.py
index ef5f1a36e..82121e045 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testtransforms.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testtransforms.py
@@ -25,13 +25,13 @@ def test_pandas_transform(self):
 class TestXArrayTransforms(ComparisonTestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
-        
+
         try:
-            import xarray as xr
+            import xarray as xr # noqa
         except:
             raise SkipTest('xarray not available')
         import hvplot.xarray # noqa
-        
+
     def test_xarray_transform(self):
         import xarray as xr
         data = np.arange(0, 60).reshape(6, 10)
@@ -42,6 +42,3 @@ def test_xarray_transform(self):
             transforms=dict(value=hv.dim('value')*10)
         )
         self.assertEqual(img.data.value.data, da.data*10)
-        
-        
-        
diff --git a/hvplot/tests/testutil.py b/hvplot/tests/testutil.py
index f1adb1ca0..a4070445b 100644
--- a/hvplot/tests/testutil.py
+++ b/hvplot/tests/testutil.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 """
 Tests  utilities to convert data and projections
 """
+import sys
+
 import numpy as np
 
 from unittest import TestCase, SkipTest
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ def test_process_xarray_dataset_with_x_as_derived_datetime(self):
 class TestGeoUtil(TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
+        if sys.platform == "win32":
+            raise SkipTest("Skip geo tests on windows for now")
         try:
             import geoviews  # noqa
             import cartopy.crs as ccrs
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a91918fbe..5c4eb7107 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,123 +1,29 @@
+import json
 import os
 import sys
 import shutil
-from collections import defaultdict
-from setuptools import setup, find_packages
-
 
-########## autover ##########
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
-def embed_version(basepath, ref='v0.2.2'):
-    """
-    Autover is purely a build time dependency in all cases (conda and
-    pip) except for when you use pip's remote git support [git+url] as
-    1) you need a dynamically changing version and 2) the environment
-    starts off clean with zero dependencies installed.
-    This function acts as a fallback to make Version available until
-    PEP518 is commonly supported by pip to express build dependencies.
-    """
-    import io, zipfile, importlib
-    try:    from urllib.request import urlopen
-    except: from urllib import urlopen
-    try:
-        url = 'https://github.com/ioam/autover/archive/{ref}.zip'
-        response = urlopen(url.format(ref=ref))
-        zf = zipfile.ZipFile(io.BytesIO(response.read()))
-        ref = ref[1:] if ref.startswith('v') else ref
-        embed_version = zf.read('autover-{ref}/autover/version.py'.format(ref=ref))
-        with open(os.path.join(basepath, 'version.py'), 'wb') as f:
-            f.write(embed_version)
-        return importlib.import_module("version")
-    except:
-        return None
+import pyct.build
 
 def get_setup_version(reponame):
     """
     Helper to get the current version from either git describe or the
     .version file (if available).
     """
-    import json
     basepath = os.path.split(__file__)[0]
     version_file_path = os.path.join(basepath, reponame, '.version')
     try:
         from param import version
     except:
-        version = embed_version(basepath)
+        version = None
     if version is not None:
         return version.Version.setup_version(basepath, reponame, archive_commit="$Format:%h$")
     else:
         print("WARNING: param>=1.6.0 unavailable. If you are installing a package, this warning can safely be ignored. If you are creating a package or otherwise operating in a git repository, you should install param>=1.6.0.")
         return json.load(open(version_file_path, 'r'))['version_string']
 
-########## examples ##########
-
-def check_pseudo_package(path):
-    """
-    Verifies that a fake subpackage path for assets (notebooks, svgs,
-    pngs etc) both exists and is populated with files.
-    """
-    if not os.path.isdir(path):
-        raise Exception("Please make sure pseudo-package %s exists." % path)
-    else:
-        assets = os.listdir(path)
-        if len(assets) == 0:
-            raise Exception("Please make sure pseudo-package %s is populated." % path)
-
-
-excludes = ['DS_Store', '.log', 'ipynb_checkpoints']
-packages = []
-extensions = defaultdict(list)
-
-def walker(top, names):
-    """
-    Walks a directory and records all packages and file extensions.
-    """
-    global packages, extensions
-    if any(exc in top for exc in excludes):
-        return
-    package = top[top.rfind('hvplot'):].replace(os.path.sep, '.')
-    packages.append(package)
-    for name in names:
-        ext = '.'.join(name.split('.')[1:])
-        ext_str = '*.%s' % ext
-        if ext and ext not in excludes and ext_str not in extensions[package]:
-            extensions[package].append(ext_str)
-
-
-def examples(path='hvplot-examples', verbose=False, force=False, root=__file__):
-    """
-    Copies the notebooks to the supplied path.
-    """
-    filepath = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(root))
-    example_dir = os.path.join(filepath, './examples')
-    if not os.path.exists(example_dir):
-        example_dir = os.path.join(filepath, '../examples')
-    if os.path.exists(path):
-        if not force:
-            print('%s directory already exists, either delete it or set the force flag' % path)
-            return
-        shutil.rmtree(path)
-    ignore = shutil.ignore_patterns('.ipynb_checkpoints', '*.pyc', '*~')
-    tree_root = os.path.abspath(example_dir)
-    if os.path.isdir(tree_root):
-        shutil.copytree(tree_root, path, ignore=ignore, symlinks=True)
-    else:
-        print('Cannot find %s' % tree_root)
-
-
-
-def package_assets(example_path):
-    """
-    Generates pseudo-packages for the examples directory.
-    """
-    examples(example_path, force=True, root=__file__)
-    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(example_path):
-        walker(root, dirs+files)
-    setup_args['packages'] += packages
-    for p, exts in extensions.items():
-        if exts:
-            setup_args['package_data'][p] = exts
-
 
 ########## dependencies ##########
 
@@ -149,7 +55,8 @@ def package_assets(example_path):
     'selenium',
     'spatialpandas',
     'scikit-image',
-    'python-snappy'
+    'python-snappy',
+    'pyepsg'
 ]
 
 _examples_extra = _examples + [
@@ -195,7 +102,7 @@ def package_assets(example_path):
     author_email= "developers@pyviz.org",
     maintainer="HoloViz developers",
     maintainer_email="developers@pyviz.org",
-    packages=find_packages()+packages,
+    packages=find_packages(),
     package_data={'hvplot': ['.version']},
     platforms=['Windows', 'Mac OS X', 'Linux'],
     license='BSD',
@@ -229,8 +136,9 @@ def package_assets(example_path):
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     example_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)),
                                 'hvplot','examples')
-    if 'develop' not in sys.argv:
-        package_assets(example_path)
+
+    if 'develop' not in sys.argv and 'egg_info' not in sys.argv:
+        pyct.build.examples(example_path, __file__, force=True)
 
     setup(**setup_args)
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 697778679..a077f8f85 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 [tox]
 #          python version             test group                    extra envs  extra commands
-envlist = {py27,py36,py37}-{flakes,unit,examples,examples_extra,all}-{default}-{dev,pkg}
+envlist = {py27,py36,py37,py38}-{flakes,unit,examples,examples_extra,all}-{default}-{dev,pkg}
 
 [_flakes]
 description = Flake check python and notebooks
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ deps = unit: {[_unit]deps}
 [pytest]
 addopts = -v --pyargs --doctest-modules --doctest-ignore-import-errors
 norecursedirs = doc .git dist build _build .ipynb_checkpoints
-nbsmoke_skip_run = ^.*user_guide/NetworkX\.ipynb$
+nbsmoke_skip_run = ^.*NetworkX\.ipynb$
 
 [flake8]
 include = *.py