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 # PrismaNestAngular
 
-https://arcadioquintero.com/en/blog/achieving-type-safety-across-angular-and-nestjs-with-prismas-new-generator
+Blog post used as guide for setting up Nx + Angular + NestJs + Prisma stack [here](https://arcadioquintero.com/en/blog/achieving-type-safety-across-angular-and-nestjs-with-prismas-new-generator
+)
+
+## Setup
+
+1. create .env file in root of the directory and define DATABASE_URL. 
+Default is ````DATABASE_URL="postgresql://webapp:webpass@db:5432/webappdb/webappdb?schema=public"````
+
+2. Install node modules
+````sh
+pnpm install
+````
 
 ## Run tasks