diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7916164..513f168 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ To execute all default tasks, simply invoke:
 
 `nox`
 
+This includes running the test suite for the project's main Python version
+    (i.e., [3.12](https://devguide.python.org/versions/)).
+
 
 #### Code Formatting & Linting
 
@@ -93,6 +96,18 @@ The second task lints all source code files with
 `flake8` is configured with a couple of plug-ins.
 
 
+#### Test Suite
+
+We use [pytest](https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/)
+    to obtain confidence in the correctness of `lalib`.
+To run the tests
+    for *all* supported Python versions
+    in isolated (and perfectly reproducable) environments,
+    invoke:
+
+`nox -s test`
+
+
 ### Branching Strategy
 
 The branches in this repository follow the
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 3e281e7..26e5f36 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -66,7 +66,8 @@ def load_supported_python_versions(*, reverse: bool = False) -> list[str]:
 SUPPORTED_PYTHONS = load_supported_python_versions(reverse=True)
 MAIN_PYTHON = "3.12"
 
-SRC_LOCATIONS = ("./noxfile.py", "src/")
+TESTS_LOCATION = "tests/"
+SRC_LOCATIONS = ("./noxfile.py", "src/", TESTS_LOCATION)
 
 
 nox.options.envdir = ".cache/nox"
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ nox.options.reuse_venv = "no"
 nox.options.sessions = (  # run by default when invoking `nox` on the CLI
     "format",
     "lint",
+    f"test-{MAIN_PYTHON}",
 )
 nox.options.stop_on_first_error = True
 
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ def lint(session: nox.Session) -> None:
         "flake8-quotes",
         "flake8-string-format",
         "flake8-pyproject",
+        "flake8-pytest-style",
         "mypy",
         "pep8-naming",  # flake8 plug-in
         "pydoclint[flake8]",
@@ -141,6 +144,28 @@ def lint(session: nox.Session) -> None:
     session.run("ruff", "check", *locations)
 
 
+@nox_session(python=SUPPORTED_PYTHONS)
+def test(session: nox.Session) -> None:
+    """Test code with `pytest`."""
+    start(session)
+
+    install_unpinned(session, "-e", ".")  # "-e" makes session reuseable
+    install_pinned(
+        session,
+        "pytest",
+        "pytest-cov",
+    )
+
+    args = session.posargs or (
+        "--cov",
+        "--no-cov-on-fail",
+        TESTS_LOCATION,
+    )
+
+    # Code 5 is temporary as long as there are no tests
+    session.run("pytest", *args, success_codes=[0, 5])
+
+
 def start(session: nox.Session) -> None:
     """Show generic info about a session."""
     if session.posargs:
@@ -210,6 +235,34 @@ def install_pinned(
         )
 
 
+def install_unpinned(
+    session: nox.Session,
+    *packages_or_pip_args: str,
+    **kwargs: Any,
+) -> None:
+    """Install the latest PyPI versions of packages."""
+    # Same logic to skip package installation as in core nox
+    # See: https://github.com/wntrblm/nox/blob/2024.04.15/nox/sessions.py#L775
+    venv = session._runner.venv  # noqa: SLF001
+    if session._runner.global_config.no_install and venv._reused:  # noqa: SLF001
+        return
+
+    if kwargs.get("silent") is None:
+        kwargs["silent"] = True
+
+    # Cannot use `session.install(...)` here because
+    # with "nox-poetry" installed this leads to an
+    # installation respecting the "poetry.lock" file
+    session.run(
+        "python",
+        "-m",
+        "pip",
+        "install",
+        *packages_or_pip_args,
+        **kwargs,
+    )
+
+
 if MAIN_PYTHON not in SUPPORTED_PYTHONS:
     msg = f"MAIN_PYTHON version, v{MAIN_PYTHON}, is not in SUPPORTED_PYTHONS"
     raise RuntimeError(msg)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 85cb937..fc9d3af 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -127,6 +127,93 @@ files = [
     {file = "colorama-0.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:08695f5cb7ed6e0531a20572697297273c47b8cae5a63ffc6d6ed5c201be6e44"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "coverage"
+version = "7.6.1"
+description = "Code coverage measurement for Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
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+
+[package.dependencies]
+tomli = {version = "*", optional = true, markers = "python_full_version <= \"3.11.0a6\" and extra == \"toml\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+toml = ["tomli"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "docstring-parser-fork"
 version = "0.0.9"
@@ -149,6 +236,20 @@ files = [
     {file = "eradicate-2.3.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:06df115be3b87d0fc1c483db22a2ebb12bcf40585722810d809cc770f5031c37"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "exceptiongroup"
+version = "1.2.2"
+description = "Backport of PEP 654 (exception groups)"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "exceptiongroup-1.2.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:3111b9d131c238bec2f8f516e123e14ba243563fb135d3fe885990585aa7795b"},
+    {file = "exceptiongroup-1.2.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:47c2edf7c6738fafb49fd34290706d1a1a2f4d1c6df275526b62cbb4aa5393cc"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+test = ["pytest (>=6)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8"
 version = "7.1.1"
@@ -338,6 +439,17 @@ isort = ">=5.0.0,<6"
 [package.extras]
 test = ["pytest"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flake8-plugin-utils"
+version = "1.3.3"
+description = "The package provides base classes and utils for flake8 plugin writing"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6,<4.0"
+files = [
+    {file = "flake8-plugin-utils-1.3.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:39f6f338d038b301c6fd344b06f2e81e382b68fa03c0560dff0d9b1791a11a2c"},
+    {file = "flake8_plugin_utils-1.3.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e4848c57d9d50f19100c2d75fa794b72df068666a9041b4b0409be923356a3ed"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8-pyproject"
 version = "1.2.3"
@@ -355,6 +467,20 @@ TOMLi = {version = "*", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
 [package.extras]
 dev = ["pyTest", "pyTest-cov"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "flake8-pytest-style"
+version = "2.0.0"
+description = "A flake8 plugin checking common style issues or inconsistencies with pytest-based tests."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "<4.0.0,>=3.8.1"
+files = [
+    {file = "flake8_pytest_style-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:abcb9f56f277954014b749e5a0937fae215be01a21852e9d05e7600c3de6aae5"},
+    {file = "flake8_pytest_style-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:919c328cacd4bc4f873ea61ab4db0d8f2c32e0db09a3c73ab46b1de497556464"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+flake8-plugin-utils = ">=1.3.2,<2.0.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "flake8-quotes"
 version = "3.4.0"
@@ -383,6 +509,17 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 flake8 = "*"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iniconfig"
+version = "2.0.0"
+description = "brain-dead simple config-ini parsing"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "iniconfig-2.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b6a85871a79d2e3b22d2d1b94ac2824226a63c6b741c88f7ae975f18b6778374"},
+    {file = "iniconfig-2.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2d91e135bf72d31a410b17c16da610a82cb55f6b0477d1a902134b24a455b8b3"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "isort"
 version = "5.13.2"
@@ -564,6 +701,21 @@ docs = ["furo (>=2024.8.6)", "proselint (>=0.14)", "sphinx (>=8.0.2)", "sphinx-a
 test = ["appdirs (==1.4.4)", "covdefaults (>=2.3)", "pytest (>=8.3.2)", "pytest-cov (>=5)", "pytest-mock (>=3.14)"]
 type = ["mypy (>=1.11.2)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pluggy"
+version = "1.5.0"
+description = "plugin and hook calling mechanisms for python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pluggy-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:44e1ad92c8ca002de6377e165f3e0f1be63266ab4d554740532335b9d75ea669"},
+    {file = "pluggy-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2cffa88e94fdc978c4c574f15f9e59b7f4201d439195c3715ca9e2486f1d0cf1"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["pre-commit", "tox"]
+testing = ["pytest", "pytest-benchmark"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pycodestyle"
 version = "2.12.1"
@@ -637,6 +789,46 @@ files = [
 [package.extras]
 windows-terminal = ["colorama (>=0.4.6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest"
+version = "8.3.2"
+description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-8.3.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4ba08f9ae7dcf84ded419494d229b48d0903ea6407b030eaec46df5e6a73bba5"},
+    {file = "pytest-8.3.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c132345d12ce551242c87269de812483f5bcc87cdbb4722e48487ba194f9fdce"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+colorama = {version = "*", markers = "sys_platform == \"win32\""}
+exceptiongroup = {version = ">=1.0.0rc8", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+iniconfig = "*"
+packaging = "*"
+pluggy = ">=1.5,<2"
+tomli = {version = ">=1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["argcomplete", "attrs (>=19.2)", "hypothesis (>=3.56)", "mock", "pygments (>=2.7.2)", "requests", "setuptools", "xmlschema"]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "pytest-cov"
+version = "5.0.0"
+description = "Pytest plugin for measuring coverage."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "pytest-cov-5.0.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5837b58e9f6ebd335b0f8060eecce69b662415b16dc503883a02f45dfeb14857"},
+    {file = "pytest_cov-5.0.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4f0764a1219df53214206bf1feea4633c3b558a2925c8b59f144f682861ce652"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+coverage = {version = ">=5.2.1", extras = ["toml"]}
+pytest = ">=4.6"
+
+[package.extras]
+testing = ["fields", "hunter", "process-tests", "pytest-xdist", "virtualenv"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pyyaml"
 version = "6.0.2"
@@ -814,4 +1006,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.9"
-content-hash = "ba133486945806a456cac2a2e5ba54a79b772ef1257b0a5f3b39545063c6e229"
+content-hash = "d57341979796164059f8d01fd2cc367cc21f1000a91b7d96fb02c6319a9b012b"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8dbfd7e..64c1a27 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -53,11 +53,15 @@ flake8-isort = "^6.1"
 flake8-quotes = "^3.4"
 flake8-string-format = "^0.3"
 flake8-pyproject = "^1.2"
+flake8-pytest-style = "^2.0"
 mypy = "^1.11"
 pep8-naming = "^0.14"  # flake8 plug-in
 pydoclint = { extras = ["flake8"], version = "^0.5" }
 ruff = "^0.6"
 
+# Test suite
+pytest = "^8.3"
+pytest-cov = "^5.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.urls]
 
@@ -86,6 +90,34 @@ target-version = ["py312", "py311", "py310", "py39"]
 
 
 
+[tool.coverage]
+# Source: https://coverage.readthedocs.io/en/latest/config.html
+
+
+[tool.coverage.paths]
+
+source = ["src/", "*/site-packages/"]
+
+
+[tool.coverage.report]
+
+show_missing = true
+
+skip_covered = true
+skip_empty = true
+
+
+[tool.coverage.run]
+
+data_file = ".cache/coverage/data"
+
+branch = true
+parallel = true
+
+source = ["lalib"]
+
+
+
 [tool.flake8]
 
 select = [
@@ -103,6 +135,7 @@ select = [
     "F",       # pyflakes => basic errors (Source: https://flake8.pycqa.org/en/latest/user/error-codes.html)
     "I",       # flake8-isort => isort would make changes
     "N",       # pep8-naming
+    "PT",      # flake8-pytest-style => enforce a consistent style with pytest
     "Q",       # flake8-quotes => use double quotes everywhere (complying with black)
     "S",       # flake8-bandit => common security issues
     "T10",     # flake8-debugger => no debugger usage
@@ -154,6 +187,22 @@ docstring-convention = "google"
 # Source: https://github.com/wemake-services/flake8-eradicate#options
 eradicate-aggressive = true
 
+# Plug-in: flake8-pytest-style
+#
+# Aligned with [tool.ruff.lint.flake8-pytest-style] below
+#
+# Prefer `@pytest.fixture` over `@pytest.fixture()`
+pytest-fixture-no-parentheses = true
+#
+# Prefer `@pytest.mark.foobar` over `@pytest.mark.foobar()`
+pytest-mark-no-parentheses = true
+#
+# Prefer `@pytest.mark.parametrize(['param1', 'param2'], [(1, 2), (3, 4)])`
+# over `@pytest.mark.parametrize(('param1', 'param2'), ([1, 2], [3, 4]))`
+pytest-parametrize-names-type = "list"
+pytest-parametrize-values-row-type = "tuple"
+pytest-parametrize-values-type = "list"
+
 # Plug-in: flake8-quotes
 # Source: https://github.com/zheller/flake8-quotes#configuration
 avoid-escape = true
@@ -209,6 +258,16 @@ ignore_missing_imports = true
 
 
 
+[tool.pytest.ini_options]
+# Source: https://docs.pytest.org/en/stable/
+
+cache_dir = ".cache/pytest"
+
+addopts = "--strict-markers"
+console_output_style = "count"
+
+
+
 [tool.ruff]
 # Source: https://docs.astral.sh/ruff/
 
@@ -250,6 +309,7 @@ select = [
     "F",       # pyflakes => basic errors
     "I",       # flake8-isort => isort would make changes
     "N",       # pep8-naming
+    "PT",      # flake8-pytest-style => enforce a consistent style with pytest
     "Q",       # flake8-quotes => use double quotes everywhere
     "S",       # flake8-bandit => common security issues
     "T10",     # flake8-debugger => no debugger usage
@@ -275,6 +335,21 @@ extend-ignore = [  # never check the following codes
 ]
 
 
+[tool.ruff.lint.flake8-pytest-style]  # aligned with [tool.flake8] above
+
+# Prefer `@pytest.fixture` over `@pytest.fixture()`
+fixture-parentheses = false
+
+# Prefer `@pytest.mark.foobar` over `@pytest.mark.foobar()`
+mark-parentheses = false
+
+# Prefer `@pytest.mark.parametrize(['param1', 'param2'], [(1, 2), (3, 4)])`
+# over `@pytest.mark.parametrize(('param1', 'param2'), ([1, 2], [3, 4]))`
+parametrize-names-type = "list"
+parametrize-values-row-type = "tuple"
+parametrize-values-type = "list"
+
+
 [tool.ruff.lint.isort]  # aligned with [tool.isort] above
 
 case-sensitive = true
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c490c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+"""Tests for the `lalib` library."""