Merge branch 'master' into gitter-badge

Author: story645

README.md

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-# mpl-altair
-
+Matplotlib Backend for Altair Visualization Library
+==================================================
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-Matplotlib Backend for Altair Visualization Library
+# follow these conventions:
+https://matplotlib.org/devel/index.html
+
+# testing framework:
+pytest
+
+# dependencies 
+- anything altair or matplotlib depends on
+
+\