Update .gitignore (#70)

Update .gitignore to exclude common items for issue #69

Co-authored-by: John Bampton <[email protected]>

.gitignore

@@ -1,23 +1,61 @@
-# Node.js
+# Dependency directories
 node_modules/
-npm-debug.log
-yarn-error.log
+bower_components/
+
+# Build directories
+dist/
+build/
 
 # Logs
 logs/
 *.log
-yarn-debug.log*
-yarn-error.log*
 
-# Build output
-dist/
-build/
+# Operating System files
+.DS_Store        # macOS
+Thumbs.db       # Windows
+
+# IDE/Editor settings
+.vscode/
+.idea/
+*.iml
 
-# Environment variables
+# Python specific
+__pycache__/
+*.py[cod]
+*.pyo
+*.pyd
+env/
+venv/
+*.egg-info/
+
+# Java specific
+*.class
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.ear
+
+# C/C++ specific
+*.o
+*.exe
+*.out
+*.a
+
+# Temporary files
+tmp/
+temp/
+*.tmp
+
+# Environment variable files
 .env
-.env.local
 
-# IDE files
-.idea/
-.vscode/
-.DS_Store
+# Coverage reports
+coverage/
+*.cover
+
+# Jupyter Notebook checkpoints
+.ipynb_checkpoints/
+
+# Other common exclusions
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~