: A plain text file used to store environment variables (key-value pairs) so you don't have to hardcode sensitive data like API keys or database URLs.
Connecting to a local instance of PostgreSQL or MongoDB (e.g., DATABASE_URL=localhost:5432 ) rather than a shared staging database. .env.development.local
// Load base .env dotenv.config( path: path.resolve(process.cwd(), '.env') ); : A plain text file used to store
.env.local .env.*.local