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+# Application for Backend Development Course
+
+## How to deploy this application
+
+First, make sure you have both `docker` and `docker-compose` installed and working.
+You can then clone this repository and bring the server up with docker-compose any way you prefer.
+
+For example, your actions may look like so:
+```bash
+git clone http://139.162.162.130:3000/hasslesstech/backend-development-course
+cd backend-development-course
+docker-compose up
+```
+
+That should be enough to get the server up and running.