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@@ -3,6 +3,18 @@ Solar Dashboard
 
 This is a solar dashboard for displaying information about a solar install.
 
+Running
+-------
+
+Running the program first involves setting up the environment via the
+command `make env`.  This will setup a Python virtual environment and
+install the necessary pacakages.
+
+Once the environment is setup, it can be configured by XXX.
+
+To run the webserver, run the command `make run`, and that will launch
+a local webserver.
+
 Structure
 ---------
 
@@ -12,3 +24,17 @@ The front end is located in root.  The meat of the logic is in
 `js/solardash.base.js`.  The testing infrastructure is in
 `js/solardash.file.jspp` as if you are launching the page from a file
 url, there is no way to make a url to access the backend.
+
+Testing
+-------
+
+Make sure that the environment is setup with the `make env` command
+before running the following commands.
+
+For testing the frontend, if you have a window running the command
+`make keepupdate` running, when you edit various files, things will
+automatically be regenerated as necessary.
+
+For testing the backend, have a window running the command `make test`.
+This will automaticaly run the various tests for the backend, and
+provide code coverage results.