diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c8aaaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+ARG IMAGE="python:3.12"
+FROM --platform=amd64 mcr.microsoft.com/vscode/devcontainers/${IMAGE}
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends build-essential libssl-dev gdb cmake
diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63570b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/python
+{
+    "name": "Render Engine",
+    // Or use a Dockerfile or Docker Compose file. More info: https://containers.dev/guide/dockerfile
+    "build": {
+        "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
+        "context": "..",
+        "args": {
+            "IMAGE": "python:3.12"
+        }
+    },
+    "postCreateCommand": ". .devcontainer/setup.sh",
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "settings": {
+                    "python.formatting.provider": "charliermarsh.ruff",
+                    "python.testing.pytestEnabled": true,
+                    "python.testing.pytestPath": "pytest",
+                    "python.testing.unittestEnabled": false,
+                    "python.editor.formatOnSave": true,
+                    "python.editor.codeActionsOnSave": {"source.fixAll": true},
+                    "python.testing.pytestArgs": [
+                        "tests"
+                    ],
+                    ".markdownlint-cli2.ignores": [".gitignore"]
+
+                },
+            "extensions": [
+				"ms-python.python",
+				"charliermarsh.ruff",
+				"github.github-actions",
+				"github.github",
+				"yzhang.markdown-all-in-one",
+				"DavidAnson.vscode-markdownlint"
+			]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.devcontainer/setup.sh b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c01c0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+python -m pip install --user --upgrade pip
+python -m pip install --user pip-tools
+python -m piptools compile --upgrade -o requirements.txt pyproject.toml
+python -m pip install --user -r requirements.txt
+python -m pip install -e .
+pre-commit install
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index 4874ed3..ad08fdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Format and Lint with Ruff and MarkdownLint
-on: 
+on:
     pull_request:
         branches: [main]
     workflow_dispatch:
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Install Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
       - name: Install dependencies
@@ -24,25 +24,17 @@ jobs:
       # Update output format to enable automatic inline annotations.
       - name: Run Ruff
         run: |
-            ruff check --fix --output-format=github render_engine_parser
-
-            ruff format render_engine_parser
+            ruff check . --fix --output-format=github
+            ruff format .
 
       - name: Markdown Lint base-files
-        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v14
+        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v16
         with:
             fix: true
             globs: |
               *.md
               .github/**/*.md
         continue-on-error: true
-      - name: Markdown Lint Docs
-        uses: DavidAnson/markdownlint-cli2-action@v14
-        with:
-            fix: true
-            globs: docs/**/*.md
-            config: docs/.markdownlint.json
-        continue-on-error: true
       - name: Commit changes
         run: |
           if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
@@ -52,6 +44,3 @@ jobs:
             git commit -m "Format and lint with Ruff"
             git push origin HEAD:${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
           fi
-          
-      
-        
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 6ff1539..7ba4714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Build distribution
 
-on: 
+on:
   release:
     types: [created]
 
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7133c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# See https://pre-commit.com for more information
+# See https://pre-commit.com/hooks.html for more hooks
+default_language_version:
+    python: python3.12
+repos:
+  - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
+    rev: v4.5.0
+    hooks:
+      - id: check-yaml
+      - id: check-toml
+      - id: end-of-file-fixer
+      - id: trailing-whitespace
+  - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
+    rev: v0.3.7
+    hooks:
+      - id: ruff
+        args: ["--fix"]
+      # Run the formatter.
+      - id: ruff-format
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 49a7238..2f303d8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ dev = [
     "pytest",
     "pytest-cov",
     "ruff",
-    ]
+]
 
 
 [tool.setuptools_scm]
@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ version_toml = "pyproject.toml:project.version"
 branch = "main"
 
 [tool.ruff]
-select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP"]
+lint.select = ["E", "F", "I", "UP"]
 target-version = "py311"
 line-length = 120
 src = ["src"]
-ignore-init-module-imports = true
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 9131120..4b60907 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,26 +1,10 @@
 #
-# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.13
+# This file is autogenerated by pip-compile with Python 3.12
 # by the following command:
 #
-#    pip-compile --extra=dev
+#    pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt pyproject.toml
 #
-coverage[toml]==7.6.1
-    # via pytest-cov
-iniconfig==2.0.0
-    # via pytest
-packaging==24.1
-    # via pytest
-pluggy==1.5.0
-    # via pytest
-pytest==8.3.2
-    # via
-    #   pytest-cov
-    #   render_engine_parser (pyproject.toml)
-pytest-cov==5.0.0
-    # via render_engine_parser (pyproject.toml)
 python-frontmatter==1.1.0
     # via render_engine_parser (pyproject.toml)
 pyyaml==6.0.2
     # via python-frontmatter
-ruff==0.6.4
-    # via render_engine_parser (pyproject.toml)
diff --git a/tests/test_base_parser.py b/tests/test_base_parser.py
index 1b13c33..82fa883 100644
--- a/tests/test_base_parser.py
+++ b/tests/test_base_parser.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import frontmatter
 import pytest
-
 from render_engine_parser.base_parsers import BasePageParser, parse_content