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 # Development Setup 
 
-Please refer to [Development Setup](https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb/tree/master#development-setup)
+## Cloning the Project
+
+```shell
+git clone https://github.com/nocodb/nocodb
+cd nocodb
+```
+
+## Running Backend locally
+
+```shell
+cd packages/nocodb
+npm install
+npm run watch:run
+# open localhost:8080/dashboard in browser
+```
+
+## Running Frontend locally 
+
+```shell
+cd packages/nc-gui
+npm install
+npm run dev
+# open localhost:3000/dashboard in browser
+```
+
+Changes made to code automatically restart.
+
+> nocodb/packages/nocodb includes nc-lib-gui which is the built version of nc-gui hosted in npm registry. You can visit localhost:8000/dashboard in browser after starting the backend locally if you just want to modify the backend only.
+
+
+## Running Cypress tests locally
+
+```shell
+# install dependencies(cypress)
+npm install
+
+# run mysql database with required database using docker compose
+docker-compose -f ./scripts/docker-compose-cypress.yml up
+
+# Run backend api using following command
+npm run start:api
+
+# Run frontend web UI using following command
+npm run start:web
+
+# wait until both 3000 and 8080 ports are available
+# and run cypress test using following command
+npm run cypress:run
+
+# or run following command to run it with GUI
+npm run cypress:open
+```
 
 # Contributing