Improve install docs #950
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| 2. Open `.env` with a text editor and make the necessary changes to the following variables: | ||
| - `APP_ENV`: If you are setting up a development environment, change this to `dev` and follow the steps in [Installing Composer Dependencies](#installing-composer-dependencies) without the `--no-dev` flag to obtain all of the development packages. Otherwise, leave it as `prod`. | ||
| - `DATABASE_URL`: If you are hosting UDOIT on Docker or your local machine, leave it as it is. Otherwise, change it to your database URL. |
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| - `DATABASE_URL`: If you are hosting UDOIT on Docker or your local machine, leave it as it is. Otherwise, change it to your database URL. | |
| - `DATABASE_URL`: If you are hosting UDOIT on Docker locally, leave it as it is. Otherwise, change it to your database URL. |
This only works if Docker is running on your local machine, not either or. Same suggestion for the following two lines, but I'm good with any other similar changes!
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If UDOIT is being hosted locally, doesn't that also mean the database is available too? Or are we seeing the database as a separate piece?
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They should be separate, though I definitely misread what your comment was trying to say. Will make a small change and work on pushing this up to dev!
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The needed fixes were made, except for some minor styling changes I added recently. This PR is ready to merge. Thank you for helping us make the installation process read much easier, @SimHoZebs !
The focus of these improvements are: