CI: add smoke tests, tests and update release

.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml

@@ -30,6 +30,24 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.MAIN_PYTHON_VERSION }}
           use-python-cache: false
 
+  smoke-tests:
+    name: Build and Smoke tests
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        python-version: ['3.9', '3.10', '3.11']
+        should-release:
+          - ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Build wheelhouse and perform smoke test
+        uses: ansys/actions/build-wheelhouse@v5
+        with:
+          library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+          operating-system: ${{ matrix.os }}
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
   doc-style:
     name: Documentation style
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -38,6 +56,26 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
+  tests:
+    name: Test and coverage
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: ansys/actions/tests-pytest@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Upload Coverage Results
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: coverage-html
+          path: .cov/html
+          retention-days: 7
+
+# =================================================================================================
+# vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv    RUNNING ON SELF-HOSTED RUNNER    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
+# =================================================================================================
+
   doc-build:
     name: Build documentation
     runs-on: [pyaedt, Windows]
@@ -133,5 +171,21 @@ jobs:
             ./documentation-html.zip
             ./documentation-pdf/*.pdf
 
+  release:
+    name: Release project
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+    needs: [code-style, doc-build]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # TODO: update if ever public
+      # - name: Release to the public PyPI repository
+      #   uses: ansys/actions/release-pypi-public@v5
+      #   with:
+      #     library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}
+      #     twine-username: "__token__"
+      #     twine-token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
 
-
+      - name: Release to GitHub
+        uses: ansys/actions/release-github@v5
+        with:
+          library-name: ${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}