Introduce Continuous Integration (CI) to the starpy Python project

One of the first thing I do when start working on a project (either open source or in a corporation) is to make sure the is a Continuous Integration system set up. In this video you will see how I added GitHub Actions to the starpy project.

The points I made

• Make sure you have the python requirements listed in the requirements.txt file
• Make sure you can run pytest and it will find your tests. (test filenames start with test_*
• Having a README.md is also a nice thing with instruction how to set up an environment and how to run the tests.

This is the content of the .github/workflows/ci.yaml file from the project that configures GitHub Actions.

examples/starpy/ci.yaml

name: CI

on:
  push:
  pull_request:

jobs:
  build_python:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        python-version: ["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]

    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
      with:
        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}

    - name: Install dependencies
      run: pip install -r requirements.txt

    - name: Check Python version
      run: python -V

    - name: Test with pytest
      run: pytest -vs