Issue #4 initial GitHub workflow to run unit tests

.github/workflows/unittests.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: "Unit tests"
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  unit-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Install package with test dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install qa/tools
+          python -m pip install -r qa/unittests/requirements.txt
+      - name: Test with pytest
+        run: |
+          cd qa/unittests
+          pytest

qa/benchmarks/README.md

@@ -16,10 +16,10 @@ Install the test dependencies, including the reusable tools from `apex-algorithm
 e.g. when working from the `qa/benchmarks` folder:
 
 ```bash
-# Install general test requirements
-pip install -r requirements.txt
 # Install apex-algorithm-qa-tools
 pip install ../tools
+# Install general test requirements
+pip install -r requirements.txt
 ```
 
 When intending to do development on `apex-algorithm-qa-tools`,
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@ make sure to include the `-e` flag to install in editable mode.
 
 From `qa/benchmarks` folder, run:
 
-```
+```bash
 pytest
 ```

qa/benchmarks/requirements.txt

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+apex-algorithm-qa-tools
 openeo>=0.30.0
 pytest>=8.2.0

qa/unittests/README.md

@@ -4,3 +4,31 @@
 
 This is pytest-based unittest suite to verify the validity of resources
 hosted in this repository.
+
+
+## Set up
+
+Make sure to work in a virtual environment
+(e.g. with `python -m venv venv`),
+to ensure isolation from other projects.
+
+Install the test dependencies, including the reusable tools from `apex-algorithm-qa-tools`,
+e.g. when working from the `qa/unittests` folder:
+
+```bash
+# Install apex-algorithm-qa-tools
+pip install ../tools
+# Install general test requirements
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+When intending to do development on `apex-algorithm-qa-tools`,
+make sure to include the `-e` flag to install in editable mode.
+
+## Run benchmarks
+
+From `qa/unittests` folder, run:
+
+```bash
+pytest
+```

qa/unittests/requirements.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+apex-algorithm-qa-tools
+pytest>=8.2.0