.env.development Guide

commit your .env files to version control (like GitHub). Open your .gitignore file. Add .env* to the list.

// Advanced dotenv setup require('dotenv').config( path: '.env' ); if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') require('dotenv').config( path: '.env.development', override: true ); if (fs.existsSync('.env.local')) require('dotenv').config( path: '.env.local', override: true ); .env.development

✅ are usually optional unless the value contains spaces. commit your

: Enabling "debug mode" or experimental features only while building. override: true )

In your application code, you can then use these environment variables to connect to your database and API: