Including the dependencies of all components into the development dependencies.

.gitignore

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ share/python-wheels/
 .installed.cfg
 *.egg
 MANIFEST
-requirements.txt
+# requirements.txt  # removed to enable tracking versions of packages over time
 
 # PyInstaller
 #  Usually these files are written by a python script from a template

install_development_dependencies.sh

 #!/bin/bash
 
-pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel pip-tools pylint pytest pytest-benchmark coverage
+# installing basic tools
+pip install --upgrade pip setuptools wheel pip-tools pylint pytest pytest-benchmark coverage grpcio-tools
+
+# creating an empty file
+echo "" > requirements.in
+
+#TODO: include here your component
+COMPONENTS="compute context device monitoring"
+
+# compiling dependencies from all components
+for component in $COMPONENTS
+do
+    echo "computing requirements for component $component"
+    diff requirements.in src/$component/requirements.in | grep '^>' | sed 's/^>\ //' >> requirements.in
+done
+
+pip-compile --output-file=requirements.txt requirements.in
+python -m pip install -r requirements.txt
+
+# removing the temporary files
+rm requirements.in
+rm requirements.txt