add GitHub Action for unit tests

.github/workflows/codeCoverage.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
               with:
                 fetch-depth: 2
             - name: Setup Python
-              uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v3
               with:
                 python-version: 3.12
             - name: Install bashi

.github/workflows/testDeploy.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: test-and-deploy
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+    formatter:
+        name: runner black code formatter
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+        - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - uses: rickstaa/action-black@v1
+          with:
+            black_args: ". --check"
+
+    unit-tests:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        needs: formatter
+        strategy:
+            matrix:
+                python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12']
+        name: Run unit tests with Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+            - name: Set up Python
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+              with:
+                python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+                architecture: x64
+            - name: Install bashi
+              run: |
+                pip install .
+            - name: run unit tests
+              run: python -m unittest discover -s tests

README.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ It is strongly recommended to use a Python environment for developing the code,
 2. Activate the environment: `source env/bin/activate`
 3. Install the library: `pip install --editable .`
 4. Test the installation with the example: `python3 example/example.py`
-5. You can run the unit tests by going to the `test` directory and running `python -m unittest`
+5. You can run the unit tests by going to the `test` directory and running `python -m unittest discover -s tests`
 
 If the example works correctly, a `job.yml` will be created in the current directory. You can also run `python3 example/example.py --help` to see additional options.