From cbc662f1173a7f288d547fc24a48bbffc842eacc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mslaffin <laffinmichael@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 17:48:16 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Switch from requirements.txt to pyproject.toml and
 enforce python version

---
 README.md        |  4 ++--
 pyproject.toml   | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 requirements.txt | 14 --------------
 3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 pyproject.toml
 delete mode 100644 requirements.txt

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2604fa86..a8f945db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ All code development intended to impact a future release is done on the latest `
 The `main` branch contains the latest production code.
 
 #### Development Process 
-Clone the repo to your machine. Current libraries require the use of Python version 3.11.
+Clone the repo to your machine. Current libraries require the use of Python version 3.11; `pip` will refuse to install on other versions.
 
 > Note: Python 3.11 is in the security-fix-only phase and is scheduled to reach End of Life (EOL) on 2027-10-31. The PSF support window for each major release is five years, typically split into bugfix and security phases. See https://devguide.python.org/versions/ and https://endoflife.date/python.
 
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Activate the virtual environment (assuming on Windows)*:
 Install the requirements:
 ```
 python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+pip install -e .
 ```
 Run the main application:
 ```
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64f6ec03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[project]
+name = "ebeam-dashboard"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "EBEAM System Dashboard Software"
+requires-python = ">=3.11,<3.12"
+dependencies = [
+    "matplotlib==3.10.8",
+    "numpy==1.26.4",
+    "pytest==9.0.2",
+    "picosdk==1.0",
+    "pymodbus==3.7.3",
+    "pyserial==3.5",
+    "scipy==1.14.1",
+    "tkdial==0.0.7",
+    "pandas==2.1.3",
+    "supabase==2.28.3",
+    "python-dotenv==1.2.2",
+]
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[tool.setuptools]
+py-modules = []
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de342bf..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Project dependencies for EBeam Dashboard
-# Last updated: 2025-12-10
-# Matplot lib requires the use of Python version 3.11
-matplotlib==3.10.8
-numpy==1.26.4
-pytest==9.0.2
-picosdk==1.0
-pymodbus==3.7.3
-pyserial==3.5
-scipy==1.14.1
-tkdial==0.0.7
-pandas==2.1.3
-supabase==2.28.3
-python-dotenv==1.2.2

From 0bb768db13729b28152c70b8f759f0e3db5b39ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mslaffin <laffinmichael@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 18:05:18 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] update pip install command to work with pyproject.toml

---
 .github/workflows/python_tests.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml
index 291208fb..e371fbec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python_tests.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        if (Test-Path requirements.txt) { pip install -r requirements.txt }
+        pip install -e .
         
     - name: Run tests
       run: |