# Dev environment (Prisma ORM v7) (/docs/orm/v7/more/dev-environment)

Set up your local Prisma ORM development environment, including editor tooling and environment variables.

Location: ORM > v7 > More > Dev environment

These guides cover the local development environment around Prisma ORM: editor setup, configuration ergonomics, and environment variable management.

## Start here

- [Environment variables](/guides/more-4-v7-more-dev-environment-environment-variables)
- [Editor setup](/guides/more-4-v7-more-dev-environment-editor-setup)

## Related pages

- [Prisma schema overview](/guides/prisma-schema-v7-overview)
- [Prisma CLI](/guides/introduction-6-v7)
- [Prisma Config reference](/guides/reference-6-v7-reference-prisma-config-reference)

## Related pages

- [`Best practices`](/guides/more-4-v7-more-best-practices): Learn production-ready patterns for schema design, query optimization, type safety, security, and deployment with Prisma ORM.
- [`ORM releases and maturity levels`](/guides/more-4-v7-more-releases): Learn about the release process, versioning, and maturity of Prisma ORM components and how to deal with breaking changes that might happen throughout releases

## Related pages

- [Authentication & Tools](./authentication-tools-index.md)
- [Build](./build-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Concepts](./concepts-index.md)
- [Console commands](./console-commands-index.md)
- [Contract Authoring](./contract-authoring-index.md)
- [Core Concepts](./core-concepts-index.md)
- [Data Modeling](./data-modeling-index.md)
- [Database](./database-index.md)
- [DB commands](./db-commands-index.md)

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