From 6ca7354542dc544b31aa67a4db0c697a15255161 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charlotte Wilson <251223230+cswilson252@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2026 16:14:39 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Build Python examples during CI run (#2273)

Adds `photonlib-python-examples` to CI build run to make sure that
Python builds cleanly against that PR/commit.
---
 .github/workflows/python.yml     | 84 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 photonlib-python-examples/run.sh |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
index bb5618e8d..7f47b2aca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  buildAndDeploy:
+  build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
 
     steps:
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build wheel
         working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
-        run: |
-          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
 
       - name: Run Unit Tests
         working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
@@ -43,11 +42,7 @@ jobs:
             pytest
 
       - name: Run mypy type checking
-        uses: liskin/gh-problem-matcher-wrap@v3
-        with:
-          linters: mypy
-          run: |
-            mypy --show-column-numbers --config-file photon-lib/py/pyproject.toml photon-lib
+        run: mypy --show-column-numbers --config-file photon-lib/py/pyproject.toml photon-lib
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
@@ -64,3 +59,76 @@ jobs:
 
     permissions:
       id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+  build-python-examples:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-24.04, windows-2022, macos-14]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools wheel pytest mypy numpy wpilib pyntcore opencv-python robotpy==2026.1.1b1 pyfrc
+
+      - name: Build wheel
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - name: Run Unit Tests (Unix)
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: |
+            pip install --no-cache-dir dist/*.whl
+            pytest
+
+      - name: Run Unit Tests (Windows)
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          for %%f in (dist/*.whl) do (
+          echo installing dist/%%f
+          pip install --no-cache-dir dist/%%f
+          )
+          pytest
+
+      - name: Build and configure PhotonLibPy (bash)
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          ./buildAndTest.sh
+          ./enableUsingDevBuilds.sh
+
+      - name: Build and configure PhotonLibPy (pwsh)
+        working-directory: ./photon-lib/py
+        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
+        run: |
+          ./buildandTest.bat
+          ./enableUsingDevBuilds.bat
+
+
+      - name: Run mypy type checking
+        run: mypy --show-column-numbers --config-file photon-lib/py/pyproject.toml photon-lib
+
+      - name: Build Python examples
+        working-directory: photonlib-python-examples
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          for folder in */;
+          do
+            echo $folder
+            ./run.sh $folder
+          done
diff --git a/photonlib-python-examples/run.sh b/photonlib-python-examples/run.sh
index c5a82709d..d7ff04a54 100755
--- a/photonlib-python-examples/run.sh
+++ b/photonlib-python-examples/run.sh
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ export PYTHONPATH=$PHOTONLIBPY_ROOT
 cd $1
 
 # Run the example
-robotpy sim
+python3 robot.py sim