First attempt at running tests trhough github actions

.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml

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+name: CMake on multiple platforms
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "develop" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "develop" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        build_type: [Release]
+        c_compiler: [gcc, clang, cl]
+        include:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            c_compiler: cl
+            cpp_compiler: cl
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            c_compiler: gcc
+            cpp_compiler: g++
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            c_compiler: clang
+            cpp_compiler: clang++
+        exclude:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            c_compiler: gcc
+          - os: windows-latest
+            c_compiler: clang
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            c_compiler: cl
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install MPI (Linux)
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin
+
+    - name: Install MPI (Windows)
+      if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+      run: |
+        choco install msmpi
+        choco install msmpi-sdk
+
+    - name: Set reusable strings
+      id: strings
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "build-output-dir=${{ github.workspace }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+    - name: Configure CMake
+      run: >
+        cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.cpp_compiler }}
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.c_compiler }}
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
+        -DBOOST_ENABLE_MPI=ON
+        -S ${{ github.workspace }}
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: cmake --build ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }} --config ${{ matrix.build_type }}
+
+    - name: Test
+      working-directory: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
+      run: ctest --build-config ${{ matrix.build_type }}