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 - HTML, CSS, Jquery
 - Authentication with JWT
 
-## Installation
+## Installation (For Windows)
+- Download and install [Laragon](https://laragon.org/download/)
+- `cd` to your local dev server htdocs or www folder
+- `git clone git@gitlab.com:CIEFWorldwideSdnBhd/izyim-api.git`
+- create a new database for your app and name it whatever you like.
+- Copy `.env-example` to `.env`
+- Edit `.env` and set your database connection details
+- Run `composer install` 
+- Run `php artisan migrate` 
+- Run`php artisan db:seed`
+- Run `php artisan serve`
+- Navigate to `http://localhost:8000` it should show the UI 
 
+
+## Installation (For Linux or OSX)
+- Install [Git](https://git-scm.com) , [Docker CE](https://docs.docker.com/) and [Docker compose](https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/), [Node](https://nodejs.org/en/download/) 
 - `git clone git@gitlab.com:CIEFWorldwideSdnBhd/izyim-api.git`
 - Copy `.env-example` to `.env`
 - Edit `.env` and set your database connection details
-
-## Usage
 - Run `docker-compose up`
 
 #### Test Credentials