Add dev container

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

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+FROM python:3.10.4
+
+COPY ./.devcontainer/requirements.txt /
+
+# Install Python dependencies
+RUN pip install --upgrade pip \
+    && pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+#create a non root user to access the container 
+RUN adduser vscode

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

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+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the README at:
+// https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.234.0/containers/python-3
+{
+	"name": "Python 3",
+	"build": {
+		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+		"context": "..",
+	},
+
+	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+	"settings": { 
+		"python.defaultInterpreterPath": "/usr/local/bin/python",
+		"python.linting.enabled": true,
+		"python.linting.pylintEnabled": true,
+		"python.formatting.autopep8Path": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/autopep8",
+		"python.formatting.blackPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/black",
+		"python.formatting.yapfPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/yapf",
+		"python.linting.banditPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/bandit",
+		"python.linting.flake8Path": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/flake8",
+		"python.linting.mypyPath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/mypy",
+		"python.linting.pycodestylePath": "/usr/local/py-utils/bin/pycodestyle",
+		"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"
+	],
+
+	// 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": "pip3 install --user -r requirements.txt",
+
+	// Comment out to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root.
+	"remoteUser": "vscode"
+}

.devcontainer/requirements.txt

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+astroid==2.11.5
+black==22.3.0
+click==8.1.3
+dill==0.3.5.1
+isort==5.10.1
+Jinja2==3.1.2 # Actual requirement
+lazy-object-proxy==1.7.1
+markdown2==2.4.3 # Actual requirement
+MarkupSafe==2.1.1
+mccabe==0.7.0
+mypy-extensions==0.4.3
+pathspec==0.9.0
+platformdirs==2.5.2
+pycodestyle==2.8.0
+pylint==2.13.9
+tomli==2.0.1
+wrapt==1.14.1