test requiremenets seprated , to requirements-dev.txt

Author: prathameshnium

README.md

@@ -169,9 +169,12 @@ PICA is structured as a standard Python package.
 ---
 ## Running Tests
 
-To run the test suite locally:
+To run the test suite locally, first install the development dependencies:
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+```
+Then, you can run the tests:
 ```bash
-pip install pytest pytest-cov flake8
 python -m pytest
 ```
 

docs/User_Manual.md

@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ Launch the main dashboard:
 python run_pica.py
 ```
 
+### 3.4 Development Dependencies (Optional)
+
+If you plan to contribute to PICA or run the test suite, you will need to install the development dependencies:
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
+```
+
 ## Safety Precautions
 
 > [!WARNING]

requirements-dev.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+freezegun
+pytest
+pytest-cov
+flake8

requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,4 @@ pymeasure>=0.10.0
 pyvisa>=1.12.0
 pyvisa-py>=0.5.3
 gpib-ctypes>=0.3.0
-pillow>=10.3.0
-freezegun
-pytest
-pytest-cov
+pillow>=10.3.0