Get 'project' into base state

[brittanyb]

This project was started by someone with gradually escalating experience. As such, new rules have been added, and need to be reflected throughout the entire project.

• - Linting should pass, address errors, and get the existing modules typed/docstringed.
• - Coverage should be at 100% and tests should pass on Linux build.
• - MacOS release should upload to latest release.
• - Linting/Testing should also run on a new tag push.
• - Investigate dynamic versioning in pyproject.toml and how it could be inherited in conf.py.
• - Create basic contributing documentation so that the development flow is well understood.