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 #### Development server
 
-To run the app locally in development mode:
+To run the app locally in development mode using Flask's built-in development web server:
 
 - define two environment variables from the command line:
   - on Mac, use the commands: `export FLASK_APP=app.py` and `export FLASK_ENV=development`.