Add .gitignore and remove __pycache__ files

Co-authored-by: soderstromkr <23003509+soderstromkr@users.noreply.github.com>

.gitignore

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+# Python cache
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*$py.class
+
+# Virtual environments
+venv/
+env/
+ENV/
+
+# IDE
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+
+# OS
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Build artifacts
+dist/
+build/
+*.egg-info/