Lifecycle python support

Author: kddejong

.devcontainer/devcontainer.json

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// For format details, see https://aka.ms/devcontainer.json. For config options, see the
+// README at: https://github.com/devcontainers/templates/tree/main/src/java-8
+{
+	"name": "Java 8",
+	"image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/java:1-8-buster",
+	"features": {
+		"ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/java:1": {
+			"version": "none",
+			"installMaven": "true",
+			"installGradle": "false"
+		}
+	},
+
+	// Configure tool-specific properties.
+	"customizations": {
+		// Configure properties specific to VS Code.
+		"vscode": {
+			// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
+			"settings": {
+				"java.import.gradle.java.home": "/usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java/current",
+				"java.configuration.runtimes": [
+					{
+						"default": true,
+						"name": "JavaSE-1.8",
+						"path": "/usr/local/sdkman/candidates/java/current"
+					}
+				]
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// 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": "java -version",
+
+	// Uncomment to connect as root instead. More info: https://aka.ms/dev-containers-non-root.
+	// "remoteUser": "root"
+}

.github/workflows/pr-ci.yaml

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
       AWS_REGION: us-east-1
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        python: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
         java: [8, 11]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps: