Migrate dependency management to pyproject.toml

.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: |

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:
 ```

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 = []