Adding codeql scanning and configuring workflows

Author: aweiland

.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml

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+name: "Custom CodeQL Config"
+
+# Specify which queries to run
+queries:
+  - uses: security-extended
+  - uses: security-and-quality
+
+# Paths to exclude from analysis
+paths-ignore:
+  - node_modules
+  - dist
+  - build
+  - coverage
+  - '**/test_*.py'
+
+
+# Paths to include in analysis
+paths:
+  - src

.github/workflows/codeql.yml

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+# .github/workflows/codeql.yml
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main", "develop" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "develop" ]
+    types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
+#  schedule:
+#    # Run at 2:30 AM UTC every day
+#    - cron: '30 2 * * *'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'javascript' ]
+        # CodeQL supports: 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby', 'swift'
+        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v4
+      with:
+        languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+        config-file: ./.github/codeql/codeql-config.yml
+        # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file.
+        # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file.
+        # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file.
+
+        # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+        # queries: security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v4
+      with:
+        category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"