diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ac9917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2023 LINCC Frameworks
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/benchmarks/__init__.py b/benchmarks/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/benchmarks/asv.conf.json b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ae5caba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/asv.conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+{
+    // The version of the config file format. Do not change, unless
+    // you know what you are doing.
+    "version": 1,
+    // The name of the project being benchmarked.
+    "project": "nested-pandas",
+    // The project's homepage.
+    "project_url": "https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/nested-pandas",
+    // The URL or local path of the source code repository for the
+    // project being benchmarked.
+    "repo": "..",
+    // List of branches to benchmark. If not provided, defaults to "master"
+    // (for git) or "tip" (for mercurial).
+    "branches": [
+        "HEAD"
+    ],
+    "install_command": [
+        "python -m pip install {wheel_file}"
+    ],
+    "build_command": [
+        "python -m build --wheel -o {build_cache_dir} {build_dir}"
+    ],
+    // The DVCS being used. If not set, it will be automatically
+    // determined from "repo" by looking at the protocol in the URL
+    // (if remote), or by looking for special directories, such as
+    // ".git" (if local).
+    "dvcs": "git",
+    // The tool to use to create environments. May be "conda",
+    // "virtualenv" or other value depending on the plugins in use.
+    // If missing or the empty string, the tool will be automatically
+    // determined by looking for tools on the PATH environment
+    // variable.
+    "environment_type": "virtualenv",
+    // the base URL to show a commit for the project.
+    "show_commit_url": "https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/nested-pandas/commit/",
+    // The Pythons you'd like to test against. If not provided, defaults
+    // to the current version of Python used to run `asv`.
+    "pythons": [
+        "3.10"
+    ],
+    // The matrix of dependencies to test. Each key is the name of a
+    // package (in PyPI) and the values are version numbers.  An empty
+    // list indicates to just test against the default (latest)
+    // version.
+    "matrix": {
+        "Cython": [],
+        "build": [],
+        "packaging": []
+    },
+    // The directory (relative to the current directory) that benchmarks are
+    // stored in. If not provided, defaults to "benchmarks".
+    "benchmark_dir": ".",
+    // The directory (relative to the current directory) to cache the Python
+    // environments in. If not provided, defaults to "env".
+    "env_dir": "env",
+    // The directory (relative to the current directory) that raw benchmark
+    // results are stored in. If not provided, defaults to "results".
+    "results_dir": "_results",
+    // The directory (relative to the current directory) that the html tree
+    // should be written to. If not provided, defaults to "html".
+    "html_dir": "_html",
+    // The number of characters to retain in the commit hashes.
+    // "hash_length": 8,
+    // `asv` will cache wheels of the recent builds in each
+    // environment, making them faster to install next time. This is
+    // number of builds to keep, per environment.
+    "build_cache_size": 8
+    // The commits after which the regression search in `asv publish`
+    // should start looking for regressions. Dictionary whose keys are
+    // regexps matching to benchmark names, and values corresponding to
+    // the commit (exclusive) after which to start looking for
+    // regressions. The default is to start from the first commit
+    // with results. If the commit is `null`, regression detection is
+    // skipped for the matching benchmark.
+    //
+    // "regressions_first_commits": {
+    //    "some_benchmark": "352cdf",  // Consider regressions only after this commit
+    //    "another_benchmark": null,   // Skip regression detection altogether
+    // }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmarks.py b/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..409a979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmarks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+"""Two sample benchmarks to compute runtime and memory usage.
+
+For more information on writing benchmarks:
+https://asv.readthedocs.io/en/stable/writing_benchmarks.html."""
+
+from nested_pandas import example_benchmarks
+
+
+def time_computation():
+    """Time computations are prefixed with 'time'."""
+    example_benchmarks.runtime_computation()
+
+
+def mem_list():
+    """Memory computations are prefixed with 'mem' or 'peakmem'."""
+    return example_benchmarks.memory_computation()
diff --git a/docs/Makefile b/docs/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5622f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# Makefile for Sphinx documentation
+#
+
+# You can set these variables from the command line, and also
+# from the environment for the first two.
+SPHINXOPTS    ?= -T -E -d _build/doctrees -D language=en
+EXCLUDENB     ?= -D exclude_patterns="notebooks/*","_build","**.ipynb_checkpoints"
+SPHINXBUILD   ?= sphinx-build
+SOURCEDIR     = .
+BUILDDIR      = ../_readthedocs/
+
+.PHONY: help clean Makefile no-nb no-notebooks
+
+# Put it first so that "make" without argument is like "make help".
+help:
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M help "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
+# Build all Sphinx docs locally, except the notebooks
+no-nb no-notebooks:
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M html "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(EXCLUDENB) $(O)
+
+# Cleans up files generated by the build process
+clean:
+	rm -r "_build/doctrees"
+	rm -r "$(BUILDDIR)"
+
+# Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
+# "make mode" option.  $(O) is meant as a shortcut for $(SPHINXOPTS).
+%: Makefile
+	@$(SPHINXBUILD) -M $@ "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1868243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+# Configuration file for the Sphinx documentation builder.
+#
+# For the full list of built-in configuration values, see the documentation:
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html
+
+
+import os
+import sys
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+# Define path to the code to be documented **relative to where conf.py (this file) is kept**
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.abspath("../src/"))
+
+# -- Project information -----------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#project-information
+
+project = "nested-pandas"
+copyright = "2023, LINCC Frameworks"
+author = "LINCC Frameworks"
+release = version("nested-pandas")
+# for example take major/minor
+version = ".".join(release.split(".")[:2])
+
+# -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
+# https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/configuration.html#general-configuration
+
+extensions = ["sphinx.ext.mathjax", "sphinx.ext.napoleon", "sphinx.ext.viewcode"]
+
+extensions.append("autoapi.extension")
+extensions.append("nbsphinx")
+
+# -- sphinx-copybutton configuration ----------------------------------------
+extensions.append("sphinx_copybutton")
+## sets up the expected prompt text from console blocks, and excludes it from
+## the text that goes into the clipboard.
+copybutton_exclude = ".linenos, .gp"
+copybutton_prompt_text = ">> "
+
+## lets us suppress the copy button on select code blocks.
+copybutton_selector = "div:not(.no-copybutton) > div.highlight > pre"
+
+templates_path = []
+exclude_patterns = ["_build", "**.ipynb_checkpoints"]
+
+# This assumes that sphinx-build is called from the root directory
+master_doc = "index"
+# Remove 'view source code' from top of page (for html, not python)
+html_show_sourcelink = False
+# Remove namespaces from class/method signatures
+add_module_names = False
+
+autoapi_type = "python"
+autoapi_dirs = ["../src"]
+autoapi_ignore = ["*/__main__.py", "*/_version.py"]
+autoapi_add_toc_tree_entry = False
+autoapi_member_order = "bysource"
+
+html_theme = "sphinx_rtd_theme"
diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..852aa1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+.. nested_pandas documentation main file.
+   You can adapt this file completely to your liking, but it should at least
+   contain the root `toctree` directive.
+
+Welcome to nested_pandas's documentation!
+========================================================================================
+
+Dev Guide - Getting Started
+---------------------------
+
+Before installing any dependencies or writing code, it's a great idea to create a
+virtual environment. LINCC-Frameworks engineers primarily use `conda` to manage virtual
+environments. If you have conda installed locally, you can run the following to
+create and activate a new environment.
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   >> conda create env -n <env_name> python=3.10
+   >> conda activate <env_name>
+
+
+Once you have created a new environment, you can install this project for local
+development using the following commands:
+
+.. code-block:: console
+
+   >> pip install -e .'[dev]'
+   >> pre-commit install
+   >> conda install pandoc
+
+
+Notes:
+
+1) The single quotes around ``'[dev]'`` may not be required for your operating system.
+2) ``pre-commit install`` will initialize pre-commit for this local repository, so
+   that a set of tests will be run prior to completing a local commit. For more
+   information, see the Python Project Template documentation on
+   `pre-commit <https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/practices/precommit.html>`_.
+3) Installing ``pandoc`` allows you to verify that automatic rendering of Jupyter notebooks
+   into documentation for ReadTheDocs works as expected. For more information, see
+   the Python Project Template documentation on
+   `Sphinx and Python Notebooks <https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/practices/sphinx.html#python-notebooks>`_.
+
+
+.. toctree::
+   :hidden:
+
+   Home page <self>
+   API Reference <autoapi/index>
+   Notebooks <notebooks>
diff --git a/docs/notebooks.rst b/docs/notebooks.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7f7e544
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/notebooks.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Notebooks
+========================================================================================
+
+.. toctree::
+
+    Introducing Jupyter Notebooks <notebooks/intro_notebook>
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/README.md b/docs/notebooks/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a521ae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/notebooks/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Put your Jupyter notebooks here :)
diff --git a/docs/notebooks/intro_notebook.ipynb b/docs/notebooks/intro_notebook.ipynb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0589b29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/notebooks/intro_notebook.ipynb
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+{
+ "cells": [
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "textblock1",
+   "metadata": {
+    "cell_marker": "\"\"\""
+   },
+   "source": [
+    "# Introducing Jupyter Notebooks in Sphinx\n",
+    "\n",
+    "This notebook showcases very basic functionality of rendering your jupyter notebooks as tutorials inside your sphinx documentation.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "As part of the LINCC Frameworks python project template, your notebooks will be executed AND rendered at document build time.\n",
+    "\n",
+    "You can read more about Sphinx, ReadTheDocs, and building notebooks in [LINCC's documentation](https://lincc-ppt.readthedocs.io/en/latest/practices/sphinx.html)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "codeblock1",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "def sierpinsky(order):\n",
+    "    \"\"\"Define a method that will create a Sierpinsky triangle of given order,\n",
+    "    and will print it out.\"\"\"\n",
+    "    triangles = [\"*\"]\n",
+    "    for i in range(order):\n",
+    "        spaces = \" \" * (2**i)\n",
+    "        triangles = [spaces + triangle + spaces for triangle in triangles] + [\n",
+    "            triangle + \" \" + triangle for triangle in triangles\n",
+    "        ]\n",
+    "    print(f\"Printing order {order} triangle\")\n",
+    "    print(\"\\n\".join(triangles))"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "markdown",
+   "id": "textblock2",
+   "metadata": {
+    "cell_marker": "\"\"\"",
+    "lines_to_next_cell": 1
+   },
+   "source": [
+    "Then, call our method a few times. This will happen on the fly during notebook rendering."
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "codeblock2",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "for order in range(3):\n",
+    "    sierpinsky(order)"
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "codeblock3",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "sierpinsky(4)"
+   ]
+  }
+ ],
+ "metadata": {
+  "jupytext": {
+   "cell_markers": "\"\"\""
+  },
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "Python 3",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  }
+ },
+ "nbformat": 4,
+ "nbformat_minor": 5
+}
diff --git a/docs/requirements.txt b/docs/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee05654
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+ipykernel
+ipython
+jupytext
+nbconvert
+nbsphinx
+sphinx
+sphinx-autoapi
+sphinx-copybutton
+sphinx-rtd-theme
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11705d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+[project]
+name = "nested-pandas"
+license = {file = "LICENSE"}
+readme = "README.md"
+authors = [
+    { name = "LINCC Frameworks", email = "brantd@uw.edu" }
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 4 - Beta",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+]
+dynamic = ["version"]
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
+dependencies = [
+]
+
+[project.urls]
+"Source Code" = "https://github.com/lincc-frameworks/nested-pandas"
+
+# On a mac, install optional dependencies with `pip install '.[dev]'` (include the single quotes)
+[project.optional-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    "asv==0.6.1", # Used to compute performance benchmarks
+    "black", # Used for static linting of files
+    "jupyter", # Clears output from Jupyter notebooks
+    "mypy", # Used for static type checking of files
+    "pre-commit", # Used to run checks before finalizing a git commit
+    "pylint", # Used for static linting of files
+    "pytest",
+    "pytest-cov", # Used to report total code coverage
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=62", # Used to build and package the Python project
+    "setuptools_scm>=6.2", # Gets release version from git. Makes it available programmatically
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+write_to = "src/nested_pandas/_version.py"
+
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+testpaths = [
+    "tests",
+]
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 110
+target-version = ["py39"]
+
+[tool.isort]
+profile = "black"
+line_length = 110
+
+[tool.ruff]
+line-length = 110
+target-version = "py39"
+
+[tool.ruff.lint]
+select = [
+    # pycodestyle
+    "E",
+    "W",
+    # Pyflakes
+    "F",
+    # pep8-naming
+    "N",
+    # pyupgrade
+    "UP",
+    # flake8-bugbear
+    "B",
+    # flake8-simplify
+    "SIM",
+    # isort
+    "I",
+    # docstrings
+    "D101",
+    "D102",
+    "D103",
+    "D106",
+    "D206",
+    "D207",
+    "D208",
+    "D300",
+    "D417",
+    "D419",
+
+]
+
+ignore = [
+    "UP006", # Allow non standard library generics in type hints
+    "UP007", # Allow Union in type hints
+    "SIM114", # Allow if with same arms
+    "B028", # Allow default warning level
+    "SIM117", # Allow nested with
+    "UP015", # Allow redundant open parameters
+    "UP028", # Allow yield in for loop
+]
+[tool.setuptools.package-data]
+nested_pandas = ["py.typed"]
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+omit=["src/nested_pandas/_version.py"]
diff --git a/src/.pylintrc b/src/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7bd3e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,626 @@
+[MAIN]
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Clear in-memory caches upon conclusion of linting. Useful if running pylint
+# in a server-like mode.
+clear-cache-post-run=no
+
+# Load and enable all available extensions. Use --list-extensions to see a list
+# all available extensions.
+#enable-all-extensions=
+
+# In error mode, messages with a category besides ERROR or FATAL are
+# suppressed, and no reports are done by default. Error mode is compatible with
+# disabling specific errors.
+#errors-only=
+
+# Always return a 0 (non-error) status code, even if lint errors are found.
+# This is primarily useful in continuous integration scripts.
+#exit-zero=
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code.
+extension-pkg-allow-list=
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code. (This is an alternative name to extension-pkg-allow-list
+# for backward compatibility.)
+extension-pkg-whitelist=
+
+# Return non-zero exit code if any of these messages/categories are detected,
+# even if score is above --fail-under value. Syntax same as enable. Messages
+# specified are enabled, while categories only check already-enabled messages.
+fail-on=
+
+# Specify a score threshold under which the program will exit with error.
+fail-under=10
+
+# Interpret the stdin as a python script, whose filename needs to be passed as
+# the module_or_package argument.
+#from-stdin=
+
+# Files or directories to be skipped. They should be base names, not paths.
+ignore=CVS
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
+# ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
+# format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems,
+# it can't be used as an escape character.
+ignore-paths=
+
+# Files or directories matching the regular expression patterns are skipped.
+# The regex matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=_version.py
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis). It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use, and will cap the count on Windows to
+# avoid hangs.
+jobs=1
+
+# Control the amount of potential inferred values when inferring a single
+# object. This can help the performance when dealing with large functions or
+# complex, nested conditions.
+limit-inference-results=100
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python module names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
+# the version used to run pylint.
+py-version=3.9
+
+# Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
+recursive=no
+
+# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
+# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
+suggestion-mode=yes
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+# In verbose mode, extra non-checker-related info will be displayed.
+#verbose=
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Naming style matching correct argument names.
+argument-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
+# naming-style. If left empty, argument names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
+#argument-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
+attr-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style. If left empty, attribute names will be checked with the set naming
+# style.
+#attr-rgx=
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
+
+# Bad variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
+# they will always be refused
+bad-names-rgxs=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
+class-attribute-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
+# attribute-naming-style. If left empty, class attribute names will be checked
+# with the set naming style.
+#class-attribute-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class constant names.
+class-const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class constant names. Overrides class-
+# const-naming-style. If left empty, class constant names will be checked with
+# the set naming style.
+#class-const-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class names.
+class-naming-style=PascalCase
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
+# style. If left empty, class names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#class-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct constant names.
+const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style. If left empty, constant names will be checked with the set naming
+# style.
+#const-rgx=
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming style matching correct function names.
+function-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
+# naming-style. If left empty, function names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
+#function-rgx=
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           ra,
+           _
+
+# Good variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
+# they will always be accepted
+good-names-rgxs=
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name.
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
+inlinevar-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
+# inlinevar-naming-style. If left empty, inline iteration names will be checked
+# with the set naming style.
+#inlinevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct method names.
+method-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
+# style. If left empty, method names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#method-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct module names.
+module-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
+# style. If left empty, module names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#module-rgx=
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+# These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type
+# variable names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#typevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct variable names.
+variable-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
+# naming-style. If left empty, variable names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
+#variable-rgx=
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# Warn about protected attribute access inside special methods
+check-protected-access-in-special-methods=no
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,
+                      __new__,
+                      setUp,
+                      __post_init__
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,
+                  _fields,
+                  _replace,
+                  _source,
+                  _make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# List of regular expressions of class ancestor names to ignore when counting
+# public methods (see R0903)
+exclude-too-few-public-methods=
+
+# List of qualified class names to ignore when counting class parents (see
+# R0901)
+ignored-parents=
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=10
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=20
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=20
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=20
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,builtins.Exception
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=110
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module.
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# List of modules that can be imported at any level, not just the top level
+# one.
+allow-any-import-level=
+
+# Allow explicit reexports by alias from a package __init__.
+allow-reexport-from-package=no
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma.
+deprecated-modules=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of external dependencies
+# to the given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of all (i.e. internal and
+# external) dependencies to the given file (report RP0402 must not be
+# disabled).
+import-graph=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of internal dependencies
+# to the given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+# Couples of modules and preferred modules, separated by a comma.
+preferred-modules=
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# The type of string formatting that logging methods do. `old` means using %
+# formatting, `new` is for `{}` formatting.
+logging-format-style=old
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format.
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, CONTROL_FLOW, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE,
+# UNDEFINED.
+confidence=HIGH,
+           CONTROL_FLOW,
+           INFERENCE,
+           INFERENCE_FAILURE,
+           UNDEFINED
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then re-enable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=raw-checker-failed,
+        bad-inline-option,
+        locally-disabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        deprecated-pragma,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        missing-module-docstring,
+        unnecessary-pass,
+
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=c-extension-no-member
+
+
+[METHOD_ARGS]
+
+# List of qualified names (i.e., library.method) which require a timeout
+# parameter e.g. 'requests.api.get,requests.api.post'
+timeout-methods=requests.api.delete,requests.api.get,requests.api.head,requests.api.options,requests.api.patch,requests.api.post,requests.api.put,requests.api.request
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,
+      XXX
+
+# Regular expression of note tags to take in consideration.
+notes-rgx=
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+# Complete name of functions that never returns. When checking for
+# inconsistent-return-statements if a never returning function is called then
+# it will be considered as an explicit return statement and no message will be
+# printed.
+never-returning-functions=sys.exit,argparse.parse_error
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a score less than or equal to 10. You
+# have access to the variables 'fatal', 'error', 'warning', 'refactor',
+# 'convention', and 'info' which contain the number of messages in each
+# category, as well as 'statement' which is the total number of statements
+# analyzed. This score is used by the global evaluation report (RP0004).
+evaluation=max(0, 0 if fatal else 10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10))
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
+msg-template=
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio). You can also give a reporter class, e.g.
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+#output-format=
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages.
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=yes
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Comments are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Docstrings are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Imports are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-imports=yes
+
+# Signatures are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-signatures=yes
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=6
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it work,
+# install the 'python-enchant' package.
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should be considered directives if they
+# appear at the beginning of a comment and should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-comment-directives=fmt: on,fmt: off,noqa:,noqa,nosec,isort:skip,mypy:
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains the private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to the private dictionary (see the
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option) instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[STRING]
+
+# This flag controls whether inconsistent-quotes generates a warning when the
+# character used as a quote delimiter is used inconsistently within a module.
+check-quote-consistency=no
+
+# This flag controls whether the implicit-str-concat should generate a warning
+# on implicit string concatenation in sequences defined over several lines.
+check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=
+
+# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
+# is inferred to be None.
+ignore-none=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of symbolic message names to ignore for Mixin members.
+ignored-checks-for-mixins=no-member,
+                          not-async-context-manager,
+                          not-context-manager,
+                          attribute-defined-outside-init
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local,argparse.Namespace
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+# Regex pattern to define which classes are considered mixins.
+mixin-class-rgx=.*[Mm]ixin
+
+# List of decorators that change the signature of a decorated function.
+signature-mutators=
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid defining new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of names allowed to shadow builtins
+allowed-redefined-builtins=
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,
+          _cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# not be used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored.
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
diff --git a/src/nested_pandas/__init__.py b/src/nested_pandas/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b564b85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nested_pandas/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .example_module import greetings, meaning
+
+__all__ = ["greetings", "meaning"]
diff --git a/src/nested_pandas/example_benchmarks.py b/src/nested_pandas/example_benchmarks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a77b06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nested_pandas/example_benchmarks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+"""An example module containing simplistic methods under benchmarking."""
+
+import random
+import time
+
+
+def runtime_computation():
+    """Runtime computation consuming between 0 and 5 seconds."""
+    time.sleep(random.uniform(0, 5))
+
+
+def memory_computation():
+    """Memory computation for a random list up to 512 samples."""
+    return [0] * random.randint(0, 512)
diff --git a/src/nested_pandas/example_module.py b/src/nested_pandas/example_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f76e837
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/nested_pandas/example_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+"""An example module containing simplistic functions."""
+
+
+def greetings() -> str:
+    """A friendly greeting for a future friend.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    str
+        A typical greeting from a software engineer.
+    """
+    return "Hello from LINCC-Frameworks!"
+
+
+def meaning() -> int:
+    """The meaning of life, the universe, and everything.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    int
+        The meaning of life.
+    """
+    return 42
diff --git a/src/nested_pandas/py.typed b/src/nested_pandas/py.typed
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/.pylintrc b/tests/.pylintrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5afc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/.pylintrc
@@ -0,0 +1,627 @@
+[MAIN]
+
+# Analyse import fallback blocks. This can be used to support both Python 2 and
+# 3 compatible code, which means that the block might have code that exists
+# only in one or another interpreter, leading to false positives when analysed.
+analyse-fallback-blocks=no
+
+# Clear in-memory caches upon conclusion of linting. Useful if running pylint
+# in a server-like mode.
+clear-cache-post-run=no
+
+# Load and enable all available extensions. Use --list-extensions to see a list
+# all available extensions.
+#enable-all-extensions=
+
+# In error mode, messages with a category besides ERROR or FATAL are
+# suppressed, and no reports are done by default. Error mode is compatible with
+# disabling specific errors.
+#errors-only=
+
+# Always return a 0 (non-error) status code, even if lint errors are found.
+# This is primarily useful in continuous integration scripts.
+#exit-zero=
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code.
+extension-pkg-allow-list=
+
+# A comma-separated list of package or module names from where C extensions may
+# be loaded. Extensions are loading into the active Python interpreter and may
+# run arbitrary code. (This is an alternative name to extension-pkg-allow-list
+# for backward compatibility.)
+extension-pkg-whitelist=
+
+# Return non-zero exit code if any of these messages/categories are detected,
+# even if score is above --fail-under value. Syntax same as enable. Messages
+# specified are enabled, while categories only check already-enabled messages.
+fail-on=
+
+# Specify a score threshold under which the program will exit with error.
+fail-under=10
+
+# Interpret the stdin as a python script, whose filename needs to be passed as
+# the module_or_package argument.
+#from-stdin=
+
+# Files or directories to be skipped. They should be base names, not paths.
+ignore=CVS
+
+# Add files or directories matching the regular expressions patterns to the
+# ignore-list. The regex matches against paths and can be in Posix or Windows
+# format. Because '\\' represents the directory delimiter on Windows systems,
+# it can't be used as an escape character.
+ignore-paths=
+
+# Files or directories matching the regular expression patterns are skipped.
+# The regex matches against base names, not paths.
+ignore-patterns=_version.py
+
+# List of module names for which member attributes should not be checked
+# (useful for modules/projects where namespaces are manipulated during runtime
+# and thus existing member attributes cannot be deduced by static analysis). It
+# supports qualified module names, as well as Unix pattern matching.
+ignored-modules=
+
+# Python code to execute, usually for sys.path manipulation such as
+# pygtk.require().
+#init-hook=
+
+# Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint. Specifying 0 will auto-detect the
+# number of processors available to use, and will cap the count on Windows to
+# avoid hangs.
+jobs=1
+
+# Control the amount of potential inferred values when inferring a single
+# object. This can help the performance when dealing with large functions or
+# complex, nested conditions.
+limit-inference-results=100
+
+# List of plugins (as comma separated values of python module names) to load,
+# usually to register additional checkers.
+load-plugins=
+
+# Pickle collected data for later comparisons.
+persistent=yes
+
+# Minimum Python version to use for version dependent checks. Will default to
+# the version used to run pylint.
+py-version=3.9
+
+# Discover python modules and packages in the file system subtree.
+recursive=no
+
+# When enabled, pylint would attempt to guess common misconfiguration and emit
+# user-friendly hints instead of false-positive error messages.
+suggestion-mode=yes
+
+# Allow loading of arbitrary C extensions. Extensions are imported into the
+# active Python interpreter and may run arbitrary code.
+unsafe-load-any-extension=no
+
+# In verbose mode, extra non-checker-related info will be displayed.
+#verbose=
+
+
+[BASIC]
+
+# Naming style matching correct argument names.
+argument-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct argument names. Overrides argument-
+# naming-style. If left empty, argument names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
+#argument-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct attribute names.
+attr-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct attribute names. Overrides attr-naming-
+# style. If left empty, attribute names will be checked with the set naming
+# style.
+#attr-rgx=
+
+# Bad variable names which should always be refused, separated by a comma.
+bad-names=foo,
+          bar,
+          baz,
+          toto,
+          tutu,
+          tata
+
+# Bad variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
+# they will always be refused
+bad-names-rgxs=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class attribute names.
+class-attribute-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class attribute names. Overrides class-
+# attribute-naming-style. If left empty, class attribute names will be checked
+# with the set naming style.
+#class-attribute-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class constant names.
+class-const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class constant names. Overrides class-
+# const-naming-style. If left empty, class constant names will be checked with
+# the set naming style.
+#class-const-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct class names.
+class-naming-style=PascalCase
+
+# Regular expression matching correct class names. Overrides class-naming-
+# style. If left empty, class names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#class-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct constant names.
+const-naming-style=UPPER_CASE
+
+# Regular expression matching correct constant names. Overrides const-naming-
+# style. If left empty, constant names will be checked with the set naming
+# style.
+#const-rgx=
+
+# Minimum line length for functions/classes that require docstrings, shorter
+# ones are exempt.
+docstring-min-length=-1
+
+# Naming style matching correct function names.
+function-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct function names. Overrides function-
+# naming-style. If left empty, function names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
+#function-rgx=
+
+# Good variable names which should always be accepted, separated by a comma.
+good-names=i,
+           j,
+           k,
+           ex,
+           Run,
+           ra,
+           _
+
+# Good variable names regexes, separated by a comma. If names match any regex,
+# they will always be accepted
+good-names-rgxs=
+
+# Include a hint for the correct naming format with invalid-name.
+include-naming-hint=no
+
+# Naming style matching correct inline iteration names.
+inlinevar-naming-style=any
+
+# Regular expression matching correct inline iteration names. Overrides
+# inlinevar-naming-style. If left empty, inline iteration names will be checked
+# with the set naming style.
+#inlinevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct method names.
+method-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct method names. Overrides method-naming-
+# style. If left empty, method names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#method-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct module names.
+module-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct module names. Overrides module-naming-
+# style. If left empty, module names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#module-rgx=
+
+# Colon-delimited sets of names that determine each other's naming style when
+# the name regexes allow several styles.
+name-group=
+
+# Regular expression which should only match function or class names that do
+# not require a docstring.
+no-docstring-rgx=^_
+
+# List of decorators that produce properties, such as abc.abstractproperty. Add
+# to this list to register other decorators that produce valid properties.
+# These decorators are taken in consideration only for invalid-name.
+property-classes=abc.abstractproperty
+
+# Regular expression matching correct type variable names. If left empty, type
+# variable names will be checked with the set naming style.
+#typevar-rgx=
+
+# Naming style matching correct variable names.
+variable-naming-style=snake_case
+
+# Regular expression matching correct variable names. Overrides variable-
+# naming-style. If left empty, variable names will be checked with the set
+# naming style.
+#variable-rgx=
+
+
+[CLASSES]
+
+# Warn about protected attribute access inside special methods
+check-protected-access-in-special-methods=no
+
+# List of method names used to declare (i.e. assign) instance attributes.
+defining-attr-methods=__init__,
+                      __new__,
+                      setUp,
+                      __post_init__
+
+# List of member names, which should be excluded from the protected access
+# warning.
+exclude-protected=_asdict,
+                  _fields,
+                  _replace,
+                  _source,
+                  _make
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a class method.
+valid-classmethod-first-arg=cls
+
+# List of valid names for the first argument in a metaclass class method.
+valid-metaclass-classmethod-first-arg=mcs
+
+
+[DESIGN]
+
+# List of regular expressions of class ancestor names to ignore when counting
+# public methods (see R0903)
+exclude-too-few-public-methods=
+
+# List of qualified class names to ignore when counting class parents (see
+# R0901)
+ignored-parents=
+
+# Maximum number of arguments for function / method.
+max-args=10
+
+# Maximum number of attributes for a class (see R0902).
+max-attributes=20
+
+# Maximum number of boolean expressions in an if statement (see R0916).
+max-bool-expr=5
+
+# Maximum number of branch for function / method body.
+max-branches=20
+
+# Maximum number of locals for function / method body.
+max-locals=30
+
+# Maximum number of parents for a class (see R0901).
+max-parents=7
+
+# Maximum number of public methods for a class (see R0904).
+max-public-methods=20
+
+# Maximum number of return / yield for function / method body.
+max-returns=6
+
+# Maximum number of statements in function / method body.
+max-statements=50
+
+# Minimum number of public methods for a class (see R0903).
+min-public-methods=2
+
+
+[EXCEPTIONS]
+
+# Exceptions that will emit a warning when caught.
+overgeneral-exceptions=builtins.BaseException,builtins.Exception
+
+
+[FORMAT]
+
+# Expected format of line ending, e.g. empty (any line ending), LF or CRLF.
+expected-line-ending-format=
+
+# Regexp for a line that is allowed to be longer than the limit.
+ignore-long-lines=^\s*(# )?<?https?://\S+>?$
+
+# Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
+indent-after-paren=4
+
+# String used as indentation unit. This is usually "    " (4 spaces) or "\t" (1
+# tab).
+indent-string='    '
+
+# Maximum number of characters on a single line.
+max-line-length=110
+
+# Maximum number of lines in a module.
+max-module-lines=1000
+
+# Allow the body of a class to be on the same line as the declaration if body
+# contains single statement.
+single-line-class-stmt=no
+
+# Allow the body of an if to be on the same line as the test if there is no
+# else.
+single-line-if-stmt=no
+
+
+[IMPORTS]
+
+# List of modules that can be imported at any level, not just the top level
+# one.
+allow-any-import-level=
+
+# Allow explicit reexports by alias from a package __init__.
+allow-reexport-from-package=no
+
+# Allow wildcard imports from modules that define __all__.
+allow-wildcard-with-all=no
+
+# Deprecated modules which should not be used, separated by a comma.
+deprecated-modules=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of external dependencies
+# to the given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+ext-import-graph=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of all (i.e. internal and
+# external) dependencies to the given file (report RP0402 must not be
+# disabled).
+import-graph=
+
+# Output a graph (.gv or any supported image format) of internal dependencies
+# to the given file (report RP0402 must not be disabled).
+int-import-graph=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of the standard
+# compatibility libraries.
+known-standard-library=
+
+# Force import order to recognize a module as part of a third party library.
+known-third-party=enchant
+
+# Couples of modules and preferred modules, separated by a comma.
+preferred-modules=
+
+
+[LOGGING]
+
+# The type of string formatting that logging methods do. `old` means using %
+# formatting, `new` is for `{}` formatting.
+logging-format-style=old
+
+# Logging modules to check that the string format arguments are in logging
+# function parameter format.
+logging-modules=logging
+
+
+[MESSAGES CONTROL]
+
+# Only show warnings with the listed confidence levels. Leave empty to show
+# all. Valid levels: HIGH, CONTROL_FLOW, INFERENCE, INFERENCE_FAILURE,
+# UNDEFINED.
+confidence=HIGH,
+           CONTROL_FLOW,
+           INFERENCE,
+           INFERENCE_FAILURE,
+           UNDEFINED
+
+# Disable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You
+# can either give multiple identifiers separated by comma (,) or put this
+# option multiple times (only on the command line, not in the configuration
+# file where it should appear only once). You can also use "--disable=all" to
+# disable everything first and then re-enable specific checks. For example, if
+# you want to run only the similarities checker, you can use "--disable=all
+# --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
+# no Warning level messages displayed, use "--disable=all --enable=classes
+# --disable=W".
+disable=raw-checker-failed,
+        bad-inline-option,
+        locally-disabled,
+        file-ignored,
+        suppressed-message,
+        useless-suppression,
+        deprecated-pragma,
+        use-symbolic-message-instead,
+        missing-function-docstring,
+        redefined-outer-name,
+        protected-access,
+        missing-module-docstring,
+
+# Enable the message, report, category or checker with the given id(s). You can
+# either give multiple identifier separated by comma (,) or put this option
+# multiple time (only on the command line, not in the configuration file where
+# it should appear only once). See also the "--disable" option for examples.
+enable=c-extension-no-member
+
+
+[METHOD_ARGS]
+
+# List of qualified names (i.e., library.method) which require a timeout
+# parameter e.g. 'requests.api.get,requests.api.post'
+timeout-methods=requests.api.delete,requests.api.get,requests.api.head,requests.api.options,requests.api.patch,requests.api.post,requests.api.put,requests.api.request
+
+
+[MISCELLANEOUS]
+
+# List of note tags to take in consideration, separated by a comma.
+notes=FIXME,
+      XXX
+
+# Regular expression of note tags to take in consideration.
+notes-rgx=
+
+
+[REFACTORING]
+
+# Maximum number of nested blocks for function / method body
+max-nested-blocks=5
+
+# Complete name of functions that never returns. When checking for
+# inconsistent-return-statements if a never returning function is called then
+# it will be considered as an explicit return statement and no message will be
+# printed.
+never-returning-functions=sys.exit,argparse.parse_error
+
+
+[REPORTS]
+
+# Python expression which should return a score less than or equal to 10. You
+# have access to the variables 'fatal', 'error', 'warning', 'refactor',
+# 'convention', and 'info' which contain the number of messages in each
+# category, as well as 'statement' which is the total number of statements
+# analyzed. This score is used by the global evaluation report (RP0004).
+evaluation=max(0, 0 if fatal else 10.0 - ((float(5 * error + warning + refactor + convention) / statement) * 10))
+
+# Template used to display messages. This is a python new-style format string
+# used to format the message information. See doc for all details.
+msg-template=
+
+# Set the output format. Available formats are text, parseable, colorized, json
+# and msvs (visual studio). You can also give a reporter class, e.g.
+# mypackage.mymodule.MyReporterClass.
+#output-format=
+
+# Tells whether to display a full report or only the messages.
+reports=no
+
+# Activate the evaluation score.
+score=yes
+
+
+[SIMILARITIES]
+
+# Comments are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-comments=yes
+
+# Docstrings are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-docstrings=yes
+
+# Imports are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-imports=yes
+
+# Signatures are removed from the similarity computation
+ignore-signatures=yes
+
+# Minimum lines number of a similarity.
+min-similarity-lines=6
+
+
+[SPELLING]
+
+# Limits count of emitted suggestions for spelling mistakes.
+max-spelling-suggestions=4
+
+# Spelling dictionary name. Available dictionaries: none. To make it work,
+# install the 'python-enchant' package.
+spelling-dict=
+
+# List of comma separated words that should be considered directives if they
+# appear at the beginning of a comment and should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-comment-directives=fmt: on,fmt: off,noqa:,noqa,nosec,isort:skip,mypy:
+
+# List of comma separated words that should not be checked.
+spelling-ignore-words=
+
+# A path to a file that contains the private dictionary; one word per line.
+spelling-private-dict-file=
+
+# Tells whether to store unknown words to the private dictionary (see the
+# --spelling-private-dict-file option) instead of raising a message.
+spelling-store-unknown-words=no
+
+
+[STRING]
+
+# This flag controls whether inconsistent-quotes generates a warning when the
+# character used as a quote delimiter is used inconsistently within a module.
+check-quote-consistency=no
+
+# This flag controls whether the implicit-str-concat should generate a warning
+# on implicit string concatenation in sequences defined over several lines.
+check-str-concat-over-line-jumps=no
+
+
+[TYPECHECK]
+
+# List of decorators that produce context managers, such as
+# contextlib.contextmanager. Add to this list to register other decorators that
+# produce valid context managers.
+contextmanager-decorators=contextlib.contextmanager
+
+# List of members which are set dynamically and missed by pylint inference
+# system, and so shouldn't trigger E1101 when accessed. Python regular
+# expressions are accepted.
+generated-members=
+
+# Tells whether to warn about missing members when the owner of the attribute
+# is inferred to be None.
+ignore-none=yes
+
+# This flag controls whether pylint should warn about no-member and similar
+# checks whenever an opaque object is returned when inferring. The inference
+# can return multiple potential results while evaluating a Python object, but
+# some branches might not be evaluated, which results in partial inference. In
+# that case, it might be useful to still emit no-member and other checks for
+# the rest of the inferred objects.
+ignore-on-opaque-inference=yes
+
+# List of symbolic message names to ignore for Mixin members.
+ignored-checks-for-mixins=no-member,
+                          not-async-context-manager,
+                          not-context-manager,
+                          attribute-defined-outside-init
+
+# List of class names for which member attributes should not be checked (useful
+# for classes with dynamically set attributes). This supports the use of
+# qualified names.
+ignored-classes=optparse.Values,thread._local,_thread._local,argparse.Namespace
+
+# Show a hint with possible names when a member name was not found. The aspect
+# of finding the hint is based on edit distance.
+missing-member-hint=yes
+
+# The minimum edit distance a name should have in order to be considered a
+# similar match for a missing member name.
+missing-member-hint-distance=1
+
+# The total number of similar names that should be taken in consideration when
+# showing a hint for a missing member.
+missing-member-max-choices=1
+
+# Regex pattern to define which classes are considered mixins.
+mixin-class-rgx=.*[Mm]ixin
+
+# List of decorators that change the signature of a decorated function.
+signature-mutators=
+
+
+[VARIABLES]
+
+# List of additional names supposed to be defined in builtins. Remember that
+# you should avoid defining new builtins when possible.
+additional-builtins=
+
+# Tells whether unused global variables should be treated as a violation.
+allow-global-unused-variables=yes
+
+# List of names allowed to shadow builtins
+allowed-redefined-builtins=
+
+# List of strings which can identify a callback function by name. A callback
+# name must start or end with one of those strings.
+callbacks=cb_,
+          _cb
+
+# A regular expression matching the name of dummy variables (i.e. expected to
+# not be used).
+dummy-variables-rgx=_+$|(_[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?$)|dummy|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Argument names that match this expression will be ignored.
+ignored-argument-names=_.*|^ignored_|^unused_
+
+# Tells whether we should check for unused import in __init__ files.
+init-import=no
+
+# List of qualified module names which can have objects that can redefine
+# builtins.
+redefining-builtins-modules=six.moves,past.builtins,future.builtins,builtins,io
diff --git a/tests/nested_pandas/conftest.py b/tests/nested_pandas/conftest.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/nested_pandas/test_example_module.py b/tests/nested_pandas/test_example_module.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ae53b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nested_pandas/test_example_module.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from nested_pandas import example_module
+
+
+def test_greetings() -> None:
+    """Verify the output of the `greetings` function"""
+    output = example_module.greetings()
+    assert output == "Hello from LINCC-Frameworks!"
+
+
+def test_meaning() -> None:
+    """Verify the output of the `meaning` function"""
+    output = example_module.meaning()
+    assert output == 42