Updated pytest.ini to ignore the evaluation service and the gui to av…

…oid issues due to django service requirements and fixed a possible issue in the django test script.

pytest.ini

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 [pytest]
-addopts = --import-mode=importlib
+addopts = --import-mode=importlib --ignore=python/services/evaluationservice --ignore=python/gui --ignore=scripts/test_django.py
 consider_namespace_packages = true
 ; environment variables that will be added before tests are run
 ; key=value pairs with no spaces

scripts/test_django.py

@@ -528,6 +528,9 @@ def find_django_applications(root: Path) -> typing.List[Path]:
     Returns:
         A list of all found testable Django applications
     """
+    if isinstance(root, str):
+        root = Path(root)
+
     application_paths = []
 
     # Indicates if the current root directory might be able to be interpreted