enh: add github action for CI

Author: sanjayankur31

.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+name: Continuous builds
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master, development ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master, development ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install deps
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update -qq
+        sudo apt-get install libxerces-c-dev xsdcxx cmake -qq
+
+    - name: Create build folder for out-of-source build
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir ${{github.workspace}}/NeuroML_API_build
+
+    - name: Configure CMake build
+      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/NeuroML_API_build
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+
+    - name: Build
+      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/NeuroML_API_build
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cmake --build .
+
+    - name: Test
+      shell: bash
+      working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/NeuroML_API_build
+      run: |
+        ctest
+        ./create_net network.nml
+        ./example network.nml
+        ls -alt