try adding python workflow

.github/workflows/cmake.yaml

@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 ---
 # based on https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/cmake-single-platform.yml
-name: "ubuntu-latest: Build and Test"
+name: 'ubuntu-latest: Build and Test'
 on: [push]
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-        # checkout the code
+      # checkout the code
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        # setup package dependencies
+      # setup package dependencies
       - name: Dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt install libgtest-dev libeigen3-dev nlohmann-json3-dev libzmq3-dev python3-dev
-        # configure repo
+      # configure repo
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build \
               -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
               -DSPARK_DSG_BUILD_TESTS=ON \
               -DSPARK_DSG_BUILD_PYTHON=ON \
               -DSPARK_DSG_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON
-        # build repo
+      # build repo
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config Release
-        # run unit tests
+      # run unit tests
       - name: Test
         working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build
         run: ctest -C Release

.github/workflows/python.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+name: 'python: Build and Test'
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ['3.8', '3.10']
+    steps:
+      # checkout the code
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      # setup python
+      - name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      # install required deps
+      - name: Dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          sudo apt install libgtest-dev libeigen3-dev nlohmann-json3-dev libzmq3-dev python3-dev
+      # build and install code
+      - name: Install
+        run: python -m pip install ${{github.workspace}}
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          pip install pytest
+          pytest ${{github.workspace}}/python/tests