diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
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+# To get started with Dependabot version updates, you'll need to specify which
+# package ecosystems to update and where the package manifests are located.
+# Please see the documentation for all configuration options:
+# https://docs.github.com/github/administering-a-repository/configuration-options-for-dependency-updates
+
+version: 2
+updates:
+  - package-ecosystem: "pip" # See documentation for possible values
+    directory: "/" # Location of package manifests
+    schedule:
+      interval: "daily"
+    commit-message:
+      prefix: "dependency: "
+      include: "scope"
+    open-pull-requests-limit: 15
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
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+# This workflow will install Python dependencies, run tests and lint with a variety of Python versions
+# For more information see: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/automating-builds-and-tests/building-and-testing-python
+
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install flake8 pytest
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+    - name: Lint with flake8
+      run: |
+        # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
+        flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
+        # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
+        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Test with pytest 
+      run: |
+        pytest -m "not apitest" --cov
+    - name: Generate coverage report
+      run: |
+        coverage xml
+  
+    - name: Check if CODECOV_TOKEN exists
+      id: check-secret
+      run: |
+        if [[ -n "${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}" ]]; then
+          echo "::set-output name=exists::true"
+        else
+          echo "::set-output name=exists::false"
+        fi
+  
+    - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
+      if: steps.check-secret.outputs.exists == 'true'
+      uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+      with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          files: coverage.xml
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+# Byte-compiled / optimized / DLL files
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# C extensions
+*.so
+
+# Distribution / packaging
+.Python
+build/
+develop-eggs/
+dist/
+downloads/
+eggs/
+.eggs/
+lib/
+lib64/
+parts/
+sdist/
+var/
+wheels/
+share/python-wheels/
+*.egg-info/
+.installed.cfg
+*.egg
+MANIFEST
+
+# PyInstaller
+#  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template
+#  before PyInstaller builds the exe, so as to inject date/other infos into it.
+*.manifest
+*.spec
+
+# Installer logs
+pip-log.txt
+pip-delete-this-directory.txt
+
+# Unit test / coverage reports
+htmlcov/
+.tox/
+.nox/
+.coverage
+.coverage.*
+.cache
+nosetests.xml
+coverage.xml
+*.cover
+*.py,cover
+.hypothesis/
+.pytest_cache/
+cover/
+
+# Translations
+*.mo
+*.pot
+
+# Django stuff:
+*.log
+local_settings.py
+db.sqlite3
+db.sqlite3-journal
+
+# Flask stuff:
+instance/
+.webassets-cache
+
+# Scrapy stuff:
+.scrapy
+
+# Sphinx documentation
+docs/_build/
+
+# PyBuilder
+.pybuilder/
+target/
+
+# Jupyter Notebook
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+
+# IPython
+profile_default/
+ipython_config.py
+
+# pyenv
+#   For a library or package, you might want to ignore these files since the code is
+#   intended to run in multiple environments; otherwise, check them in:
+# .python-version
+
+# pipenv
+#   According to pypa/pipenv#598, it is recommended to include Pipfile.lock in version control.
+#   However, in case of collaboration, if having platform-specific dependencies or dependencies
+#   having no cross-platform support, pipenv may install dependencies that don't work, or not
+#   install all needed dependencies.
+#Pipfile.lock
+
+# poetry
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include poetry.lock in version control.
+#   This is especially recommended for binary packages to ensure reproducibility, and is more
+#   commonly ignored for libraries.
+#   https://python-poetry.org/docs/basic-usage/#commit-your-poetrylock-file-to-version-control
+#poetry.lock
+
+# pdm
+#   Similar to Pipfile.lock, it is generally recommended to include pdm.lock in version control.
+#pdm.lock
+#   pdm stores project-wide configurations in .pdm.toml, but it is recommended to not include it
+#   in version control.
+#   https://pdm.fming.dev/#use-with-ide
+.pdm.toml
+
+# PEP 582; used by e.g. github.com/David-OConnor/pyflow and github.com/pdm-project/pdm
+__pypackages__/
+
+# Celery stuff
+celerybeat-schedule
+celerybeat.pid
+
+# SageMath parsed files
+*.sage.py
+
+# Environments
+.env
+.venv
+env/
+venv/
+ENV/
+env.bak/
+venv.bak/
+
+# Spyder project settings
+.spyderproject
+.spyproject
+
+# Rope project settings
+.ropeproject
+
+# mkdocs documentation
+/site
+
+# mypy
+.mypy_cache/
+.dmypy.json
+dmypy.json
+
+# Pyre type checker
+.pyre/
+
+# pytype static type analyzer
+.pytype/
+
+# Cython debug symbols
+cython_debug/
+
+# PyCharm
+#  JetBrains specific template is maintained in a separate JetBrains.gitignore that can
+#  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+#  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
+#  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
+#.idea/
diff --git a/backend/.gitkeep b/backend/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/docs/.gitkeep b/docs/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/docs/images/.gitkeep b/docs/images/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/frontend/.gitkeep b/frontend/.gitkeep
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diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/__init__.py
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diff --git a/src/basic_module.py b/src/basic_module.py
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+++ b/src/basic_module.py
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+""" A module for the application """
+import logging
+
+# Set up logging
+logging.basicConfig(filename='app.log',
+                    level=logging.INFO,
+                    format='%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+
+def hello_world() -> str:
+    """ Returns a friendly greeting. """
+    return "Hello World!"
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
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diff --git a/tests/test_basic_module.py b/tests/test_basic_module.py
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+++ b/tests/test_basic_module.py
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+"""Test the basic module."""
+from src.basic_module import hello_world
+
+def test_hello_world():
+    """Test the hello_world function."""
+    assert hello_world() == "Hello World!"