Add dev environment instructions to README

README.md

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 # SBHacks API
 
+## Setting up your development environment
+
+- Clone this repo
+- Install ruby 2.7.1, preferably using [rvm](https://rvm.io/rvm/install#basic-install)
+- Install [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/download/)
+ (Note: PostgreSQL must be installed before you run `bundle install`)
+- Run `bundle install` to install dependencies
+- Run `rails db:create` to create a development and test database (PostgreSQL must be running!)
+- Run `rails db:schema:load` to load the database schemas onto the development and test databases
+- Run `rails db:seed` to load initial data into the development database
+- Obtain the `development.key` and put it in `config/credentials`. This is used for decrypting the encrypted
+ secrets file.