Update Python to 3.13

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This pull request introduces several significant improvements to the project, focusing on upgrading the Python version, enhancing development workflow automation, improving CI/CD security and quality checks, and refining documentation. The changes ensure the project uses Python 3.13, adds automated security and dependency checks, and integrates pre-commit hooks for code quality. Additionally, the test suite and configuration files have been updated for consistency and maintainability.

Python version upgrade and compatibility:

• Upgraded the project to require Python 3.13 across all relevant files, including pyproject.toml, .python-version, Dockerfile, documentation, and badges, ensuring consistent environment requirements and compatibility. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

CI/CD workflow enhancements:

• Added new jobs to the GitHub Actions workflow for security scanning with Bandit and dependency auditing with pip-audit, and improved test coverage reporting to include terminal output.
• Updated the workflow documentation to reflect the new CI/CD steps and tools, including security and audit jobs.

Development tooling and pre-commit hooks:

• Introduced a .pre-commit-config.yaml with hooks for code formatting, linting, type checking, and other quality checks, and updated documentation to instruct developers on installing and running pre-commit hooks. [1] [2] [3]
• Added development dependencies for bandit, pip-audit, and pre-commit in pyproject.toml.

Testing and code quality improvements:

• Standardized and simplified test fixtures by updating type annotations for generator-based fixtures throughout the test suite. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
• Improved coverage configuration to enforce a minimum threshold (80%), enable branch coverage, and report missing lines.

Documentation updates:

• Updated badges, prerequisites, and instructions in the README.md and documentation to reflect the new Python version, CI/CD status, and development workflow. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

These changes collectively modernize the project’s stack, improve security and code quality, and streamline development practices.