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

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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 [#start-here]

* [Environment variables](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/v7/more/dev-environment/environment-variables)
* [Editor setup](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/v7/more/dev-environment/editor-setup)

## Related pages [#related-pages]

* [Prisma schema overview](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/v7/prisma-schema/overview)
* [Prisma CLI](https://www.prisma.io/docs/cli/v7)
* [Prisma Config reference](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/v7/reference/prisma-config-reference)

## Related pages

- [`Best practices`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/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`](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/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