add CI job for running unit tests

.github/workflows/github-ci.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  unit_tests:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.6"
+    - run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install pytest
+    - run: |
+        python tools/build_unit_tests.py --run_tests

tools/build_unit_tests.py

@@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ def CYAN(text):
     if args.run_tests:
         pytest_directories.append(test_app_dir)
 
+tests_passed = True
 for test_app_dir in pytest_directories:
     print(CYAN(f"Running pytest for {test_app_dir}..."))
-    subprocess.run(["python", "-m", "pytest"], cwd=test_app_dir)
+    if subprocess.run(["python", "-m", "pytest"], cwd=test_app_dir).returncode != 0:
+        tests_passed = False
+exit(0 if tests_passed else 1)

unit_tests/shared/drivers/ads1118_test.py

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import ads1118
 
 
-class TestStringMethods(unittest.TestCase):
+class ADS1118_Test(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_parameter_validation(self):