Merge branch 'main' into vNext

Author: tmathern

Makefile

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ run-examples:
 
 # Runs the examples, then the unit tests
 test:
+    make run-examples
 	python3 ./tests/test_unit_tests.py
 	python3 ./tests/test_unit_tests_threaded.py
 
@@ -107,4 +108,4 @@ download-native-artifacts:
 
 # Build API documentation with Sphinx
 docs:
-	python3 scripts/generate_api_docs.py
+	python3 scripts/generate_api_docs.py