Migrate to uv, upgrade deps including python 3.10 through 3.12

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ macOS-latest ]
-        python-version: [ "3.9", "3.10" ]
+        python-version: [ "3.10", "3.11", "3.12" ]
 
     steps:
 
@@ -42,14 +42,21 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
+      - name: Install uv
+        run: pipx install uv
+
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -e .
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
+        run: |        
+          uv sync
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          uv pip install -e .
 
       - name: Run pytests
-        run: pytest -v --color=yes tests/
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          pytest -v --color=yes tests/
 
       - name: Test notebooks
-        run: pytest -v --color=yes --nbmake examples/envs/
+        run: |
+          source .venv/bin/activate
+          pytest -v --color=yes --nbmake examples/envs/

README.md

@@ -33,18 +33,17 @@ are available in the [`paper`](./paper) directory.
 
 Env setup:
 
-```
-conda create -n gridworld python=3.8 -y
-conda activate gridworld
+Note: As of August 2025, We have migrated the build tool to `uv`.
 
+```
 git clone git@github.com:NREL/PowerGridworld.git
 cd PowerGridWorld
-pip install -e .
-pip install -r requirements.txt
+uv venv
+source .venv/bin/activate
+uv sync --python 3.11
+uv pip install -e .
 ```
 
-We have also added a `pyproject.toml` file to support the use of [poetry](https://python-poetry.org/docs/).  If using poetry, simply do `poetry install`.
-
 Run the pytests to sanity check:
 
 ```