add test job and gitignore update

.github/workflows/run_unit_tests.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+name: Python Tests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.x
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install pytest pytest-cov
+
+      - name: Run tests with coverage (configuration in setup.cfg)
+        run: |
+          pytest

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 __pycache__/
 .env
 .mypy_cache
+build/
 venv/
 .idea
 *.egg-info