.gitignore + commonFunctions + pep8compliance + unit test

[surister]

The title says everything. -Added .gitignore from https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Python.gitignore template

• Improved common Functions and wrote unit test to ensure it had the same functionality, good job with the docstring.
• Pep 8 compliance, seems that a lot of your code fails to comply pep 8, for instance, all function names should be lower case, I will review the rest of the code later on.
  • Also it seems to me that your main branch is not protected, it should.

[surister]

it is protected, miss read :P

[Pringleman83]

Hi Surister! Thanks for your contribution! That's awesome. I'm still learning, so your help isn't just contributing to the project, but teaching me some good habits too.

I've made the minor changes required in my code to accommodate the change in function names. I've got to pop out now, but I'll update everything this evening. I'll also rename my other functions to suit (unless you've already started).

Thanks again, David

[sararin]

You don't have to change them manually, you can just merge both branches, and the changes will pop on right places automatically.

[Pringleman83]

That's cool. Thanks Sara. I'll merge it now and check it out.