diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index d34cd7f..946d8e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1,31 +1,28 @@
-name: build-and-test
+# See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/understanding-github-actions
+name: build-and-test # The name of our workflow
 
-# only run this workflow when something is pushed to main
+# See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/triggering-a-workflow
 on:
-  push:
-    branches:
+  push: # Run workflow only on push
+    branches: # Run workflow only on push to branch
       - main
 
-# define our jobs
-jobs:
-  build_and_test:
-    # define our OS
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+jobs: # A job is a set of steps that execute on the same runner, a small remote virtual machine, see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/using-jobs-in-a-workflow
+  build_and_test: # Name our job
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest # Define our OS
 
-    # rely on predefined GitHub actions to setup our python environment
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      # setup python environment
-    - name: setup
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+    steps: # Define our job steps, steps are ran sequentially and are dependent on each other
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4 # Call a predefined GitHub Action that git checks-out the main branch, see https://github.com/actions/checkout
+    
+    - name: setup # Define a step, 'setup', that sets the workflow runner up
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3 # Call a predefined GitHub Action that setups a python environment, see https://github.com/actions/setup-python
       with:
-        python-version: 3.9
-        # install prerequisite packages for testing
-    - name: install
-      run: |
+        python-version: 3.9 # Define our python version
+
+    - name: install # Define a step, 'install' that installs our dependencies
+      run: | # Run these bash commands
         python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip3 install pytest
-      # run tests using pytest
-    - name: test
-      run: |
+    - name: test # Define a step, 'test', that runs our testing framework
+      run: | # Run these bash commands
         pytest tests/