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-# Live Deployment Installation
+# Development Enviroment
+
+1. [Clone](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) the repository.
+    * Terminal Command: `git clone https://github.com/hack-chat/main.git hackchat`
+1. Enter the directory in your terminal.
+    * Terminal Command: `cd hackchat`
+1. Install using npm. 
+    * Terminal Command: `npm install`
+1. Start the application. 
+    * Terminal Command: `npm start`
 
-1. [Clone](https://help.github.com/articles/cloning-a-repository/) the repository: `git clone https://github.com/hack-chat/main.git`
-1. Change the directory: `cd main/server`
-1. Install server dependencies: `npm install`
-1. Configure the server: `npm run config` (you may also migrate a `config` directory into `./main/server` if you previously configured the server elsewhere)
-1. Migrate the contents of `./main/client` into any suitable directory of your webserver
-1. (OPTIONAL) Cleanup; you may delete `main/clientSource` and `main/documentation`
+# Live Deployment Installation
 
-    You can now run start the server software with a process manager like [PM2](https://github.com/Unitech/pm2) (e.g., `pm2 start server/main.js --name HackChat`). If you plan on using SSL to serve the client; you will need to use a reverse proxy, as TLS is not natively supported by the hack.chat server software (this may change in future releases).
+1. (Follow steps 1 - 3 above)
+1. Use PM2 to start the backend server.
+    * Terminal Command: `pm2 start ./server/main.js --node-args="-r esm" --name hackchat-dev-server`
+    * See tips below to make the server start on boot.
+1. Migrate the contents of `./hackchat/client` into any suitable directory of your webserver. HackChat comes bundled with `http-server` for development purposes only, it is highly recommended that you use a better web server such as Nginx or Apache.
+1. (OPTIONAL) Cleanup; you may delete `hackchat/clientSource` and `hackchat/documentation`
 
-# Advanced
+# Tips
 
-(TODO)
+* If you plan on using SSL to serve the client; you will need to use a **reverse proxy**, as TLS is not natively supported by the hack.chat server software (this may change in future releases).
+* **Do not use root.** Installing while using the root account or installing with root privileges will result in an error similar to the following:
+`npm WARN lifecycle hack.chat-v2@2.1.92~postinstall: cannot run in wd hack.chat-v2@2.1.91 cd ./clientSource && npm install && cd .. & cd ./server && npm install && npm run config (wd='/dir')`
+* PM2 may be configured to start the backend server on boot, read [https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/startup/](https://pm2.keymetrics.io/docs/usage/startup/)
+* On some computers, due to a bug in `http-server`, **a blank page** may be shown while attempting to open the default index page. If this happens, change the url to include `index.html`, or browse to a channel; `http://127.0.0.1:3000/?programming`
+* **Do not install using** `sudo apt install nodejs`, instead use:
+   ```bash
+   cd ~
+   curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
+   sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
+   sudo apt install nodejs
+   ```
+* Quick setup script, tested on Ubuntu 18. 
+  * `cd ~`
+  * `nano ./hc_install.sh`
+  * Paste:
+    ```bash
+    #!/bin/bash
+    cd ~
+    sudo apt update
+    sudo apt install build-essential git
+    curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_10.x -o nodesource_setup.sh
+    sudo bash nodesource_setup.sh
+    sudo apt install nodejs
+    nodejs -v
+    npm -v
+    git --version
+    git clone https://github.com/hack-chat/main.git hackchat
+    cd hackchat
+    npm install
+    ```
+  * `Ctrl + x`
+  * `Y`
+  * `chmod u+x ./hc_install.sh`
+  * `./hc_install.sh`
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