diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index dca8b1e3..8cfa3e73 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -13,14 +13,12 @@ RUN if [ -f "/tmp/conda-tmp/environment.yml" ]; then umask 0002 && /opt/conda/bi
     && rm -rf /tmp/conda-tmp
 
 RUN conda install -y python=3.8 \
-    && python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip tox
-    
-COPY requirements.test.txt /tmp/
-RUN python3.8 -m pip install -r /tmp/requirements.test.txt
+    && python3.8 -m pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && python3.8 -m pip install \
+        pytest \
+        pytest-cov \
+        flit \
+        pre-commit
 
-COPY requirements.txt /tmp/
-RUN python3.8 -m pip install -r /tmp/requirements.txt
-
-# [Optional] Uncomment this section to install additional OS packages.
-# RUN apt-get update && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
-#     && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends <your-package-list-here>
+COPY .pre-commit-config.yaml .
+RUN git init . && pre-commit install-hooks
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 88e9771b..acf32a4e 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -2,16 +2,15 @@
 // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.222.0/containers/python-3-miniconda
 {
 	"name": "Miniconda (Python 3)",
-	"build": { 
+	"build": {
 		"context": "..",
 		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
 		"args": {
 			"NODE_VERSION": "none"
 		}
 	},
-
 	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
-	"settings": { 
+	"settings": {
 		"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/opt/conda/bin/python",
 		"python.linting.enabled": true,
 		"python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
@@ -25,19 +24,20 @@
 		"python.linting.pydocstylePath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pydocstyle",
 		"python.linting.pylintPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pylint"
 	},
-
 	// Add the IDs of extensions you want installed when the container is created.
 	"extensions": [
 		"ms-python.python",
-		"ms-python.vscode-pylance"
+		"ms-python.vscode-pylance",
+		"ms-python.pylint",
+		"ms-python.black-formatter",
+		"ms-vsliveshare.vsliveshare",
+		"ryanluker.vscode-coverage-gutters",
+		"bungcip.better-toml"
 	],
-
 	// Use 'forwardPorts' to make a list of ports inside the container available locally.
 	// "forwardPorts": [],
-
 	// Use 'postCreateCommand' to run commands after the container is created.
 	// "postCreateCommand": "python --version",
-
 	// Comment out to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
 	"remoteUser": "vscode",
 	"features": {
diff --git a/.devcontainer/noop.txt b/.devcontainer/noop.txt
index 82122ed2..6c7539b6 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/noop.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/noop.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 This file is copied into the container along with environment.yml* from the
-parent folder. This is done to prevent the Dockerfile COPY instruction from 
+parent folder. This is done to prevent the Dockerfile COPY instruction from
 failing if no environment.yml is found.
diff --git a/.flake8 b/.flake8
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02caadfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.flake8
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[flake8]
+max-line-length = 120
+select = "F,E,W,B,B901,B902,B903"
+exclude = [
+    ".eggs",
+    ".git",
+    ".tox",
+    "nssm",
+    "obj",
+    "out",
+    "packages",
+    "pywin32",
+    "tests",
+    "swagger_client"
+]
+ignore = "E722,B001,W503,E203"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e19148b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Python CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  release:
+    types: [created]    
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  tooling:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        tools: ['black', 'bandit', 'pylint', 'pyright', 'flake8']
+        include:
+          - tools: pytest
+            args: -m not integration and not gpu
+          - tools: pytest
+            args: -m integration
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: ${{ matrix.tools }}
+        uses: dciborow/pyaction@0.0.28
+        with:
+          ${{ matrix.tools }}: true
+          args: ${{ matrix.args }}
+
+  publish:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/black.yml b/.github/workflows/black.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b058d15..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/black.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: Black
-
-# Controls when the workflow will run
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  linter_name:
-    name: runner / black formatter
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Check files using the black formatter
-        uses: rickstaa/action-black@v1
-        id: action_black
-        with:
-          black_args: "."
-      - name: Annotate diff changes using reviewdog
-        if: steps.action_black.outputs.is_formatted == 'true'
-        uses: reviewdog/action-suggester@v1
-        with:
-          tool_name: blackfmt
-          fail_on_error: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b418ea7..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: wemake-python-styleguide
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: wemake-python-styleguide
-        uses: wemake-services/wemake-python-styleguide@0.15.3
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        with:
-          path: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE }}
-          reporter: github-pr-review
diff --git a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml b/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cd1474a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/mypy.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: MyPy
-
-# Controls when the workflow will run
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  linter_name:
-    name: runner / black formatter
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Run mypy with reviewdog
-        # You may pin to the exact commit or the version.
-        # uses: tsuyoshicho/action-mypy@2160e947d397ac0be7f02c911c3a5bea3f498575
-        uses: tsuyoshicho/action-mypy@v3.1.0
-        with:
-          reporter: github-pr-review
-          workdir: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96a7fb06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Python Publish Workflow
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' && secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD != '' }}
+        name: Publish Release to PyPi
+        uses: dciborow/pyaction@0.0.28
+        with:
+          pypi_publish: true
+          pypi_password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD != '' }}
+        name: Publish RC to PyPi
+        uses: dciborow/pyaction@0.0.28
+        with:
+          pypi_publish: true
+          pypi_password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+          version_suffix: -rc${{ github.run_number }}-post${{ github.run_attempt }}
+
+      - if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && secrets.TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD != '' }}
+        name: Publish Snapshot to TestPyPi
+        uses: dciborow/pyaction@0.0.28
+        with:
+          pypi_publish: true
+          pypi_password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD  }}
+          pypi_repo: testpypi
+          version_suffix: -post${{ github.run_number }}-dev${{ github.run_attempt }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml b/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 46b187f2..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pylint.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: PyLint
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  pylint:
-    name: runner / pylint
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: dciborow/action-pylint@0.0.3
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
-          # Change reviewdog reporter if you need [github-pr-check,github-check,github-pr-review].
-          reporter: github-pr-review
-          # Change reporter level if you need.
-          # GitHub Status Check won't become failure with warning.
-          workdir: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE }}
-          level: warning
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e1ba116c..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Upload Python Package
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2.2.2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.7
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-    - name: Publish package
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        user: __token__
-        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python3.7 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python3.7 -m pip install virtualenv pip-tools
-        pip install ${{ secrets.PACKAGE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-test-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-test-publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d3f56cd8..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi-test-publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Test Upload Python Package
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Setup Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2.2.2
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.7
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-    - name: Publish package
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        user: __token__
-        password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-        repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python3.7 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python3.7 -m pip install virtualenv pip-tools
-        pip install --extra-index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple ${{ secrets.PACKAGE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pyright.yml b/.github/workflows/pyright.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 697cc019..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pyright.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: pyright
-
-# Controls when the workflow will run
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-jobs:
-  linter_name:
-    name: runner / black formatter
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: jordemort/action-pyright@v1
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # You need this
-          reporter: github-pr-review # Change reporter.
-      - uses: ricardochaves/python-lint@v1.4.0
-        with:
-          python-root-list: ${{ secrets.PACKAGE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4fdbd0ba..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
-
-name: PyTest
-
-# Controls when the workflow will run
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push or pull request events but only for the main branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main ]
-
-  # Allows you to run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install pytest
-    - name: Test dependencies
-      run: |
-        pip install -e .[all]
-        pytest tests
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7ceb545
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+ci:
+  autoupdate_commit_msg: "chore: update pre-commit hooks"
+  autofix_commit_msg: "style: pre-commit fixes"
+
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-added-large-files
+      - id: check-case-conflict
+      - id: check-merge-conflict
+      - id: check-symlinks
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: debug-statements
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: mixed-line-ending
+      - id: requirements-txt-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/isort
+    rev: 5.10.1
+    hooks:
+      - id: isort
+        args: ["-a", "from __future__ import annotations"]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/asottile/pyupgrade
+    rev: v2.31.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: pyupgrade
+        args: [--py37-plus]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/hadialqattan/pycln
+    rev: v1.2.5
+    hooks:
+      - id: pycln
+        args: [--config=pyproject.toml]
+        stages: [manual]
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+    rev: v2.1.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: codespell
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pygrep-hooks
+    rev: v1.9.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: python-check-blanket-noqa
+      - id: python-check-blanket-type-ignore
+      - id: python-no-log-warn
+      - id: python-no-eval
+      - id: python-use-type-annotations
+      - id: rst-backticks
+      - id: rst-directive-colons
+      - id: rst-inline-touching-normal
+
+  - repo: https://github.com/mgedmin/check-manifest
+    rev: "0.47"
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-manifest
+        stages: [manual]
diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
deleted file mode 100644
index 816ca46d..00000000
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,158 +0,0 @@
-[MASTER]
-extension-pkg-whitelist=numpy,torch,cv2,pyodbc,pydantic,ciso8601,netcdf4,scipy
-ignore=CVS
-ignore-patterns=test.*?py,conftest.py
-init-hook='import sys; sys.setrecursionlimit(8 * sys.getrecursionlimit())'
-jobs=0
-limit-inference-results=100
-persistent=yes
-suggestion-mode=yes
-unsafe-load-any-extension=no
-[MESSAGES CONTROL]
-confidence=
-enable=c-extension-no-member
-
-[REPORTS]
-evaluation=10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)
-output-format=text
-reports=no
-score=yes
-[REFACTORING]
-max-nested-blocks=5
-never-returning-functions=sys.exit
-
-[BASIC]
-argument-naming-style=snake_case
-attr-naming-style=snake_case
-bad-names=foo,
-          bar,
-          baz,
-          toto,
-          tutu,
-          tata
-class-attribute-naming-style=any
-class-naming-style=PascalCase
-const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
-docstring-min-length=-1
-function-naming-style=snake_case
-good-names=i,
-           j,
-           k,
-           ex,
-           Run,
-           _,
-           df,
-           n,
-           N,
-           t,
-           T,
-           ax
-include-naming-hint=yes
-inlinevar-naming-style=any
-method-naming-style=snake_case
-module-naming-style=any
-name-group=
-no-docstring-rgx=^_
-property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
-variable-naming-style=snake_case
-
-[FORMAT]
-expected-line-ending-format=
-ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?.*['"]?<?https?://\S+>?
-indent-after-paren=4
-indent-string='    '
-max-line-length=120
-max-module-lines=1000
-no-space-check=trailing-comma,
-               dict-separator
-single-line-class-stmt=no
-single-line-if-stmt=no
-
-[LOGGING]
-logging-format-style=old
-logging-modules=logging
-
-[MISCELLANEOUS]
-notes=FIXME,
-      XXX,
-      TODO
-      
-[SIMILARITIES]
-ignore-comments=yes
-ignore-docstrings=yes
-ignore-imports=yes
-min-similarity-lines=7
-
-[SPELLING]
-max-spelling-suggestions=4
-spelling-dict=
-spelling-ignore-words=
-spelling-private-dict-file=
-spelling-store-unknown-words=no
-
-[STRING]
-check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
-
-[TYPECHECK]
-contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
-generated-members=numpy.*,np.*,pyspark.sql.functions,collect_list
-ignore-mixin-members=yes
-ignore-none=yes
-ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
-ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local,numpy,torch,swagger_client
-ignored-modules=numpy,torch,swagger_client,netCDF4,scipy
-missing-member-hint=yes
-missing-member-hint-distance=1
-missing-member-max-choices=1
-signature-mutators=
-
-[VARIABLES]
-additional-builtins=dbutils
-allow-global-unused-variables=yes
-callbacks=cb_,
-          _cb
-dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
-ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
-init-import=no
-redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
-
-[CLASSES]
-defining-attr-methods=__init__,
-                      __new__,
-                      setUp,
-                      __post_init__
-exclude-protected=_asdict,
-                  _fields,
-                  _replace,
-                  _source,
-                  _make
-valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
-valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=cls
-
-[DESIGN]
-max-args=5
-max-attributes=7
-max-bool-expr=5
-max-branches=12
-max-locals=15
-max-parents=7
-max-public-methods=20
-max-returns=6
-max-statements=50
-min-public-methods=2
-
-[IMPORTS]
-allow-any-import-level=
-allow-wildcard-with-all=no
-analyse-fallback-blocks=no
-deprecated-modules=optparse,tkinter.tix
-ext-import-graph=
-import-graph=
-int-import-graph=
-known-standard-library=
-known-third-party=enchant, azureiai-logistics-inventoryplanning
-preferred-modules=
-
-[EXCEPTIONS]
-overgeneral-exceptions=BaseException,
-                       Exception
diff --git a/.pypirc b/.pypirc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..52d2dd97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pypirc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[distutils]
+index-servers =
+    pypi
+    testpypi
+
+[pypi]
+repository = https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/
+
+[testpypi]
+repository = https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8c11db2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "ms-python.black-formatter",
+        "ms-python.pylint"
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ceebf33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [],
+    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true
+}
diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ab1d298..00000000
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-include requirements.txt
-include requirements.test.txt
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5cd7cecf..dcd90ba6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,14 +1,95 @@
-# Project
+# Python Project Template
 
-> This repo has been populated by an initial template to help get you started. Please
-> make sure to update the content to build a great experience for community-building.
+This project follows the Python Standards declared in [PEP 621](https://peps.python.org/pep-0621/).
+This uses a pyproject.yaml to configuration the project. In this example, [flit](https://pypi.org/project/flit/) is used to simplify the build process, and publish to pypi.
 
-As the maintainer of this project, please make a few updates:
+## Project Organization
+
+- .devcontainer - This directory contains required files for creating a [Codespace](https://github.com/features/codespaces).
+- .github
+  - workflows - Contains GitHub Actions used for building, testing and publishing.
+    - publish-test.yml - Publish wheels to [https://test.pypi.org/](https://test.pypi.org/)
+    - publish.yml - Publish wheels to [https://pypi.org/](https://pypi.org/)
+    - pull-request.yml - Build and Test pull requests before commiting to main.
+    - template-sync.yml - Update GitHub Repo with enhancments to base template
+- docs - collect documents (default format .md)
+- src - place new source code here
+  - python_package - sample package (this can be deleted when creating a new repository)
+- tests - contains Python based test cases to validation src code
+- .pre-commit-config.yaml - Contains various pre-check fixes for Python
+- .templateversionrc - used to track template version usage.
+- MANIFEST.in - Declares additional files to include in Python whl
+- pyproject.toml - Python Project Declaration
+- ws.code-workspace - Recommended configurations for [Visual Studio Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/)
+
+## pyproject.toml
+
+The following sections are defined in the configuration toml.
+
+- build-system
+- project
+  - optional-dependencies
+  - urls
+- tool
+  - bandit
+  - coverage
+    - run
+    - report
+  - pyright
+  - pytest
+  - tox
+  - pylint
+    - MESSAGES CONTROL
+    - REPORTS
+    - REFACTORING
+    - BASIC
+    - FORMAT
+    - LOGGING
+    - MISCELLANEOUS
+    - SIMILARITIES
+    - SPELLING
+    - STRING
+    - TYPECHECK
+    - VARIABLES
+    - CLASSES
+    - DESIGN
+    - IMPORTS
+    - EXCEPTIONS
+
+### build-system
+TODO: add info on flit configuration
+
+### project
+This section defines the project metadata, which may have been previously contained in a setup.py file.
+
+#### optional-dependencies
+This are otpimal dependancey groups that can be installed via 'pip install .[tests]'.
+One group is included for dependancies required for testing. A second group is included for PySpark based dependancies.
+
+### tool
+This section defines the configurations for additional tools used to format, lint, type-check, and analysis Python code.
+
+#### bandit
+Performs Security Static Analysis checks on code base.
+
+#### black
+Auto-formats code
+
+#### coverage
+Configures code coverage reports generatated during testing.
+
+#### pyright
+Performs static type checking on Python.
+
+#### pytest
+Configures various test markers used during testing.
+
+#### pylint
+Performs Linting and Static Analysis. Any modifictions made by the auto-formater (black) are always considered correct.
+
+## Publish to PyPi from GitHub
+In order to publish to PyPi, a repostirory secret must be created, "PYPI_PASSWORD". In order to publish to the Test PyPi, a second secret must be added, "TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD". 
 
-- Improving this README.MD file to provide a great experience
-- Updating SUPPORT.MD with content about this project's support experience
-- Understanding the security reporting process in SECURITY.MD
-- Remove this section from the README
 
 ## Contributing
 
@@ -26,8 +107,8 @@ contact [opencode@microsoft.com](mailto:opencode@microsoft.com) with any additio
 
 ## Trademarks
 
-This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft 
-trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow 
+This project may contain trademarks or logos for projects, products, or services. Authorized use of Microsoft
+trademarks or logos is subject to and must follow
 [Microsoft's Trademark & Brand Guidelines](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/intellectualproperty/trademarks/usage/general).
 Use of Microsoft trademarks or logos in modified versions of this project must not cause confusion or imply Microsoft sponsorship.
 Any use of third-party trademarks or logos are subject to those third-party's policies.
diff --git a/SECURITY.md b/SECURITY.md
index f7b89984..a050f362 100644
--- a/SECURITY.md
+++ b/SECURITY.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Instead, please report them to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) at
 
 If you prefer to submit without logging in, send email to [secure@microsoft.com](mailto:secure@microsoft.com).  If possible, encrypt your message with our PGP key; please download it from the [Microsoft Security Response Center PGP Key page](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/pgp-key-msrc).
 
-You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your original message. Additional information can be found at [microsoft.com/msrc](https://www.microsoft.com/msrc). 
+You should receive a response within 24 hours. If for some reason you do not, please follow up via email to ensure we received your original message. Additional information can be found at [microsoft.com/msrc](https://www.microsoft.com/msrc).
 
 Please include the requested information listed below (as much as you can provide) to help us better understand the nature and scope of the possible issue:
 
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ We prefer all communications to be in English.
 
 Microsoft follows the principle of [Coordinated Vulnerability Disclosure](https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/cvd).
 
-<!-- END MICROSOFT SECURITY.MD BLOCK -->
\ No newline at end of file
+<!-- END MICROSOFT SECURITY.MD BLOCK -->
diff --git a/SUPPORT.md b/SUPPORT.md
index dc72f0e5..bcebadb8 100644
--- a/SUPPORT.md
+++ b/SUPPORT.md
@@ -10,16 +10,16 @@
 
 # Support
 
-## How to file issues and get help  
+## How to file issues and get help
 
-This project uses GitHub Issues to track bugs and feature requests. Please search the existing 
-issues before filing new issues to avoid duplicates.  For new issues, file your bug or 
+This project uses GitHub Issues to track bugs and feature requests. Please search the existing
+issues before filing new issues to avoid duplicates.  For new issues, file your bug or
 feature request as a new Issue.
 
-For help and questions about using this project, please **REPO MAINTAINER: INSERT INSTRUCTIONS HERE 
+For help and questions about using this project, please **REPO MAINTAINER: INSERT INSTRUCTIONS HERE
 FOR HOW TO ENGAGE REPO OWNERS OR COMMUNITY FOR HELP. COULD BE A STACK OVERFLOW TAG OR OTHER
 CHANNEL. WHERE WILL YOU HELP PEOPLE?**.
 
-## Microsoft Support Policy  
+## Microsoft Support Policy
 
 Support for this **PROJECT or PRODUCT** is limited to the resources listed above.
diff --git a/ai-python-package/__init__.py b/ai-python-package/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891..00000000
--- a/ai-python-package/__init__.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/ai-python-package/hello_world.py b/ai-python-package/hello_world.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eebf6ad6..00000000
--- a/ai-python-package/hello_world.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-def hello_world(i: int = 0) -> str:
-    "Doc Stringz"
-    print("hello world")
-
-
-def good_night():
-    print("good night")
-    return
-
-    
-def hello_goodbye():
-    hello_world("x")
-    good_night()
diff --git a/black.toml b/black.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5153b0c9..00000000
--- a/black.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[tool.black]
-line-length = 120
-fast = true
diff --git a/docs/devcontainer.md b/docs/devcontainer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b7bfd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/devcontainer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# GitHub Codespace
+
+The project's Codespace configuration is located in ".devcontainer". It includes the "Dockerfile" for the development container.
+The project can be opened directly in a Codespace. 
+
+## Running Unit Tests
+
+## Displaying Code Coverage
+
+## Included Extensions
+### Python
+### Pylance
+
+## Installing pre-released Extensions
+### Pylint
+### Black
diff --git a/docs/developer.md b/docs/developer.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cbe350ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/developer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Developer Guide
+
+## Testing Template Project
diff --git a/docs/pre-commit-config.md b/docs/pre-commit-config.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f05fc3cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/pre-commit-config.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# pre-commit-config.yaml
+
+Pre-commit is a Python package which can be used to create 'git' hooks which scan can prior to checkins.
+The included configuration focuses on python actions which will help to prevent users from commiting code which will fail during builds.
+In general, only formatting actions are automatiicaly performed. These include auto-formatting with 'black', or sorting dependacies with 'isort'. 
+Linting actions are left to the discretion of the user.
diff --git a/docs/pyproject.md b/docs/pyproject.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..32fa0fef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/pyproject.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# pypyroject.toml
+
+The pyproject.toml is the main configuration file used for the Python project.
+It contains configurations for building, linting, testing, and publishing the Python package.
+
+The pyproject.toml replaces the "setup.py" package. When using 'flit' or 'poetry', only the pyproject.toml is required.
+This project currently uses 'flit', but in the future may also include a 'poetry' example. Both are considered viable options.
+
+When using setuptools, and setup.cfg is still required.
diff --git a/docs/vscode.md b/docs/vscode.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9987b82c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/vscode.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Visual Studio Code for Python Development
diff --git a/docs/workflows.md b/docs/workflows.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db885007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/workflows.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# GitHub Workflow for Python
+
+The main workflow file is ".github/workflows/CI.yml". This performs linting, testing, and publishing for Python packages.
+It can also be triggered manually on a specific branch.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e13834c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,295 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["flit"]
+build-backend = "flit.buildapi"
+
+[project]
+name =  "py-project-toml"
+authors = [
+    {name = "Daniel Ciborowski", email = "dciborow@microsoft.com"},
+]
+description = "Sample Python Project for creating a new Python Module"
+readme = "README.md"
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10"
+]
+requires-python = ">=3.7"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+spark = [
+    "pyspark>=3.0.0"
+]
+test = [
+    "bandit[toml]==1.7.4",
+    "black==22.1.0",
+    "check-manifest==0.48",
+    "flake8-bugbear==22.1.11",
+    "flake8-docstrings",
+    "flake8-formatter_junit_xml",
+    "flake8==4.0.1",
+    "pre-commit==2.17.0",
+    "pylint==2.12.2",
+    "pylint_junit",
+    "pytest-cov==3.0.0",
+    "pytest-mock<3.7.1",
+    "pytest-runner",
+    "pytest==7.1.0",
+    "shellcheck-py==0.8.0.4"
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+Documentation = "https://github.com/microsoft/python-package-template/tree/main#readme"
+Source = "https://github.com/microsoft/python-package-template"
+Tracker = "https://github.com/microsoft/python-package-template/issues"
+
+[tool.flit.module]
+name = "python_package"
+
+[tool.bandit]
+exclude_dirs = ["build","dist","tests","scripts"]
+number = 4
+recursive = true
+targets = "src"
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 120
+fast = true
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+branch = true
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+fail_under = 100
+
+[tool.pyright]
+include = ["src"]
+exclude = [
+    "**/node_modules",
+    "**/__pycache__",
+]
+venv = "env37"
+
+reportMissingImports = true
+reportMissingTypeStubs = false
+
+pythonVersion = "3.7"
+pythonPlatform = "Linux"
+
+executionEnvironments = [
+  { root = "src" }
+]
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+addopts = "--cov-report xml:coverage.xml --cov src --cov-fail-under 0 --cov-append -m 'not integration'"
+pythonpath = [
+  "src"
+]
+testpaths = "tests"
+junit_family = "xunit2"
+markers = [
+    "integration: marks as integration test",
+    "notebooks: marks as notebook test",
+    "gpu: marks as gpu test",
+    "spark: marks tests which need Spark",
+    "slow: marks tests as slow",
+    "unit: fast offline tests",
+]
+
+[tool.tox]
+legacy_tox_ini = """
+[tox]
+envlist = py, integration, spark, all
+
+[testenv]
+commands =
+    pytest -m "not integration and not spark" {posargs}
+
+[testenv:integration]
+commands =
+    pytest -m "integration" {posargs}
+
+[testenv:spark]
+extras = spark
+setenv =
+       PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON = {envpython}
+       PYSPARK_PYTHON = {envpython}
+commands =
+    pytest -m "spark" {posargs}
+
+[testenv:all]
+extras = all
+setenv =
+       PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON = {envpython}
+       PYSPARK_PYTHON = {envpython}
+commands =
+    pytest {posargs}
+"""
+
+[tool.pylint]
+extension-pkg-whitelist= [
+    "numpy",
+    "torch",
+    "cv2",
+    "pyodbc",
+    "pydantic",
+    "ciso8601",
+    "netcdf4",
+    "scipy"
+]
+ignore="CVS"
+ignore-patterns="test.*?py,conftest.py"
+init-hook='import sys; sys.setrecursionlimit(8 * sys.getrecursionlimit())'
+jobs=0
+limit-inference-results=100
+persistent="yes"
+suggestion-mode="yes"
+unsafe-load-any-extension="no"
+
+[tool.pylint.'MESSAGES CONTROL']
+enable="c-extension-no-member"
+
+[tool.pylint.'REPORTS']
+evaluation="10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10)"
+output-format="text"
+reports="no"
+score="yes"
+
+[tool.pylint.'REFACTORING']
+max-nested-blocks=5
+never-returning-functions="sys.exit"
+
+[tool.pylint.'BASIC']
+argument-naming-style="snake_case"
+attr-naming-style="snake_case"
+bad-names= [
+    "foo",
+    "bar"
+]
+class-attribute-naming-style="any"
+class-naming-style="PascalCase"
+const-naming-style="UPPER_CASE"
+docstring-min-length=-1
+function-naming-style="snake_case"
+good-names= [
+    "i",
+    "j",
+    "k",
+    "ex",
+    "Run",
+    "_"
+]
+include-naming-hint="yes"
+inlinevar-naming-style="any"
+method-naming-style="snake_case"
+module-naming-style="any"
+no-docstring-rgx="^_"
+property-classes="abc.abstractproperty"
+variable-naming-style="snake_case"
+
+[tool.pylint.'FORMAT']
+ignore-long-lines="^\\s*(# )?.*['\"]?<?https?://\\S+>?"
+indent-after-paren=4
+indent-string='    '
+max-line-length=120
+max-module-lines=1000
+no-space-check= [
+    "trailing-comma",
+    "dict-separator"
+]
+single-line-class-stmt="no"
+single-line-if-stmt="no"
+
+[tool.pylint.'LOGGING']
+logging-format-style="old"
+logging-modules="logging"
+
+[tool.pylint.'MISCELLANEOUS']
+notes= [
+    "FIXME",
+    "XXX",
+    "TODO"
+]
+
+[tool.pylint.'SIMILARITIES']
+ignore-comments="yes"
+ignore-docstrings="yes"
+ignore-imports="yes"
+min-similarity-lines=7
+
+[tool.pylint.'SPELLING']
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+spelling-store-unknown-words="no"
+
+[tool.pylint.'STRING']
+check-str-concat-over-line-jumps="no"
+
+[tool.pylint.'TYPECHECK']
+contextmanager-decorators="contextlib.contextmanager"
+generated-members="numpy.*,np.*,pyspark.sql.functions,collect_list"
+ignore-mixin-members="yes"
+ignore-none="yes"
+ignore-on-opaque-inference="yes"
+ignored-classes="optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local,numpy,torch,swagger_client"
+ignored-modules="numpy,torch,swagger_client,netCDF4,scipy"
+missing-member-hint="yes"
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+[tool.pylint.'VARIABLES']
+additional-builtins="dbutils"
+allow-global-unused-variables="yes"
+callbacks= [
+    "cb_",
+    "_cb"
+]
+dummy-variables-rgx="_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_"
+ignored-argument-names="_.*|^ignored_|^unused_"
+init-import="no"
+redefining-builtins-modules="six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io"
+
+[tool.pylint.'CLASSES']
+defining-attr-methods= [
+    "__init__",
+    "__new__",
+    "setUp",
+    "__post_init__"
+]
+exclude-protected= [
+    "_asdict",
+    "_fields",
+    "_replace",
+    "_source",
+    "_make"
+]
+valid-classmethod-first-arg="cls"
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg="cls"
+
+[tool.pylint.'DESIGN']
+max-args=5
+max-attributes=7
+max-bool-expr=5
+max-branches=12
+max-locals=15
+max-parents=7
+max-public-methods=20
+max-returns=6
+max-statements=50
+min-public-methods=2
+
+[tool.pylint.'IMPORTS']
+allow-wildcard-with-all="no"
+analyse-fallback-blocks="no"
+deprecated-modules="optparse,tkinter.tix"
+
+[tool.pylint.'EXCEPTIONS']
+overgeneral-exceptions= [
+    "BaseException",
+    "Exception"
+]
diff --git a/requirements.test.txt b/requirements.test.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 16a7c2bc..00000000
--- a/requirements.test.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-bandit==1.7.4
-black==22.1.0
-check-manifest==0.48
-flake8-bugbear==22.1.11
-flake8-docstrings
-flake8-formatter_junit_xml
-flake8==4.0.1
-mypy==0.941
-pre-commit==2.17.0
-pylint==2.12.2
-pylint_junit
-pytest-cov==3.0.0
-pytest-mock<3.7.1
-pytest-runner
-pytest==7.1.0
-shellcheck-py==0.8.0.4
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b137891..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 9200c29c..00000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
-# Licensed under the MIT license.
-
-import io
-import os
-
-# NOTE: DO NOT change the import order, as sometimes there is a conflict between setuptools and distutils,
-# it will cause following error:
-# error: each element of 'ext_modules' option must be an Extension instance or 2-tuple
-from setuptools import find_packages
-from distutils.core import setup
-
-def read(file_path, encoding="utf-8"):
-    return io.open(file_path, encoding=encoding).read()
-
-readme = read("./README.md")
-
-setuptools = "setuptools>=54.2.0,<=54.2.0"
-
-core_requires = read("./requirements.txt")
-test_requires = read("./requirements.test.txt")
-
-EXTRAS = {
-    "required": core_requires,
-    "test": test_requires,   
-}
-
-SETUP_REQUIRES = [
-]
-
-
-setup(
-    name="ai-python-package",
-    version="0.0.1",
-    description="Microsoft Python Package Template",
-    long_description=readme,
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    author="Daniel Ciborowski",
-    author_email="dciborow@microsoft.com",
-    url="https://github.com/microsoft/ai-python",
-    project_urls={
-        "Code": "https://github.com/microsoft/python-package",
-        "Issues": "https://github.com/microsoft/python-package/issues",
-        "Documents": "https://github.com/microsoft/python-package"
-    },
-    license="MIT License",
-    platforms=["Windows", "Linux", "macOS"],
-    keywords=["template"],
-    classifiers=[
-        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
-        'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
-        'Natural Language :: English',
-        'Operating System :: MacOS',
-        'Operating System :: Microsoft :: Windows',
-        'Operating System :: POSIX',
-        'Operating System :: Unix',
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-        "Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Artificial Intelligence"],
-    python_requires=">=3.7,<3.8",
-    setup_requires=SETUP_REQUIRES,
-    extras_require=EXTRAS,
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests", "tests.*", "examples", "examples.*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    zip_safe=False,
-)
diff --git a/src/python_package/__init__.py b/src/python_package/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91150271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python_package/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#   Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in project root for information.
+#   -------------------------------------------------------------
+"""Python Package Template"""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+__version__ = "0.0.2"
diff --git a/src/python_package/hello_world.py b/src/python_package/hello_world.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db43d690
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/python_package/hello_world.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#   Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in project root for information.
+#   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""This is a Sample Python file."""
+
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+
+def hello_world(i: int = 0) -> str:
+    """Doc String."""
+    print("hello world")
+    return f"string-{i}"
+
+
+def good_night() -> str:
+    """Doc String."""
+    print("good night")
+    return "string"
+
+
+def hello_goodbye():
+    hello_world(1)
+    good_night()
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce475219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#   Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in project root for information.
+#   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""
+This is a configuration file for pytest containing customizations and fixtures.
+
+In VSCode, Code Coverage is recorded in config.xml. Delete this file to reset reporting.
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from typing import List
+
+import pytest
+from _pytest.nodes import Item
+
+
+def pytest_collection_modifyitems(items: list[Item]):
+    for item in items:
+        if "spark" in item.nodeid:
+            item.add_marker(pytest.mark.spark)
+        elif "_int_" in item.nodeid:
+            item.add_marker(pytest.mark.integration)
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def unit_test_mocks(monkeypatch: None):
+    """Include Mocks here to execute all commands offline and fast."""
+    pass
diff --git a/tests/test_methods.py b/tests/test_methods.py
index 42b78f26..40b57916 100644
--- a/tests/test_methods.py
+++ b/tests/test_methods.py
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
-import pytest
+#   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#   Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+#   Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE in project root for information.
+#   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+"""This is a sample python file for testing functions from the source code."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from python_package.hello_world import hello_world
 
-from ai-python-package.hello_world import hello_world
 
 def hello_test():
-  hello_world()
- 
-@pytest.fixture
-def unit_test_mocks(monkeypatch):
-  """Include Mocks here to execute all commands offline and fast."""
-  pass
+    """
+    This defines the expected usage, which can then be used in various test cases.
+    Pytest will not execute this code directly, since the function does not contain the suffex "test"
+    """
+    hello_world()
+
+
+def test_hello(unit_test_mocks: None):
+    """
+    This is a simple test, which can use a mock to override online functionality.
+    unit_test_mocks: Fixture located in conftest.py, implictly imported via pytest.
+    """
+    hello_test()
 
-@pytest.mark.offline
-def test_hello(unit_test_mocks):
-  hello_test()  
 
-@pytest.mark.online
-def test_hello_online():
-  hello_test()
+def test_int_hello():
+    """
+    This test is marked implicitly as an integration test because the name contains "_init_"
+    https://docs.pytest.org/en/6.2.x/example/markers.html#automatically-adding-markers-based-on-test-names
+    """
+    hello_test()
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 16ded764..00000000
--- a/tox.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-[tox]
-# py will use whatever the basepython `python` maps to from PATH
-# you can use py38, for example, to chosse a different version
-# See https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html#tox-environments
-envlist = py, cpu, gpu, spark, all
-
-
-# Default env settings
-[testenv]
-# similar to 'pip install <PAKCGE_NAME>-*.whl[all]'
-extras = all
-commands = 
-    # {posargs} will be substituded by arguments after the `--` when running.
-    # This will allow running subset of the test suite via tox. 
-    #
-    # EX: tox -- -m "not spark and not gpu" 
-    #     will pass {-m "not spark and not gpu"} to `pytest`
-    # See https://tox.readthedocs.io/en/latest/example/general.html for more details
-    pytest {posargs}
-
-[testenv:cpu]
-# i.e: 'pip install <PAKCGE_NAME>-*.whl[dev,examples]'
-# with this dependency subset, we should be able to run the test markers:
-# 1. "not notebooks and not spark and not gpu" (tests for general sdk utilities)
-# 2. "notebooks and not spark and not gpu" (tests for notebook example without extra dependencies)
-extras = dev,examples
-
-[testenv:gpu]
-# i.e: 'pip install <PAKCGE_NAME>-*.whl[dev,gpu,examples]'
-# with this dependency subset, we should be able to run the test markers:
-# 1. "gpu and not notebook and not spark" (tests for gpu utilities)
-# 2. "gpu and notebooks and not spark" (tests for notebooks needing gpu resources)
-extras = dev,gpu,examples
-
-[testenv:spark]
-# i.e: 'pip install <PAKCGE_NAME>-*.whl[dev,spark,examples]'
-# with this dependency subset, we should be able to run the test markers:
-# 1. "spark and not notebook and not spark" (test for spark utilities)
-# 2. "spark and notebooks and not spark" (tests for notebook using spark)
-extras = dev,spark,examples
-# We will need to redefine the following envrionment var in tox
-setenv =
-       PYSPARK_DRIVER_PYTHON = {envpython}
-       PYSPARK_PYTHON = {envpython}
-
-[testenv:all]
-# i.e: 'pip install <PAKCGE_NAME>-*.whl[all]'
-# with this, we should be able to run ANY tests
-extras = all
-
-[testenv:flake8]
-deps = flake8
-skip_install = True
-commands = flake8 .
-
-
-# Configurations for running pytest
-[pytest]
-log_cli = False
-log_format = %(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(message)s
-junit_family = xunit2
-# This enable custom marker as decorator "@pytest.mark.gpu"
-markers = 
-    # markers allow to us to run faster subset of the test:
-    # EX: pytest -m "not spark and not gpu"
-    # See https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/example/markers.html#registering-markers
-    notebooks: mark a test as notebooks test
-    gpu: mark a test as gpu test
-    spark: mark a test as spark test
-testpaths =
-    tests
-addopts =
-    # reports all (except passed tests). See https://docs.pytest.org/en/latest/usage.html#detailed-summary-report
-    # TODO: please don't forget to replace <PACKAGE_NAME> with your python package name
-    -ra
-    --durations 10
-    --cov-append --cov=<PACKAGE_NAME> --cov-report=term --cov-report=xml --junitxml=junit/test-results.xml
-
-
-[coverage:report]
-skip_empty = true
-skip_covered = true
-
-
-[flake8]
-ignore =
-    # Lint rules to ignore
-    # W503  # line break before binary operator
-    # E203  # whitespace before ':'
-
-# File-specific flake8 ignore rules
-per-file-ignores =
-    # F403 'from X import *' 
-    # F405 'X' may be undefined, or defined from star imports
-    # src/path/to/file/*.py:F403,F405
-
-max-line-length = 180
-exclude = 
-    build, dist, docs, examples,
-    tests
-    .env*,.venv* # local virtual environments
-    .tox
diff --git a/ws.code-workspace b/ws.code-workspace
index 990a14b7..c3caffa3 100644
--- a/ws.code-workspace
+++ b/ws.code-workspace
@@ -5,38 +5,34 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"settings": {
-        "files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
-        "files.autoSave": "onFocusChange",
-        "python.linting.lintOnSave": true,
-        "editor.trimAutoWhitespace": true,
-        "editor.formatOnSave": true,
-        "editor.formatOnPaste": true,
-	"python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": true,
-        "python.linting.enabled": true,
+		"files.trimTrailingWhitespace": true,
+		"files.autoSave": "onFocusChange",
+		"python.linting.lintOnSave": true,
+		"editor.trimAutoWhitespace": true,
+		"editor.formatOnSave": true,
+		"editor.formatOnPaste": true,
+		"python.analysis.typeCheckingMode": "strict",
+		"python.linting.enabled": true,
 		"python.formatting.provider": "black",
 		"python.formatting.blackArgs": [
 			"--config",
-			"black.toml"
+			"pyproject.toml"
 		],
 		"python.linting.banditEnabled": true,
 		"python.linting.banditArgs": [
 			"--configfile",
-			"tox.ini"
+			"pyproject.toml"
 		],
 		"python.linting.flake8Enabled": true,
 		"python.linting.flake8Args": [
 			"--config",
-			"tox.ini"
+			".flake8"
 		],
 		"python.linting.mypyEnabled": true,
 		"python.linting.mypyArgs": [
 			"--config-file",
-			"tox.ini"
+			".pyproject.toml"
 		],
-		"python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
-		"python.linting.pylintArgs": [
-			"--rcfile",
-			".pylintrc"
-		]
+		"python.linting.pylintEnabled": true
 	}
 }