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@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ The complete solution for managing your research data.
    Advance Features </user-documentation/advance-features/index>
    Legacy Advance Features </user-documentation/legacy-advance-features/index>
 
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 4
+   :hidden:
+   :caption: Software Developer Documentation
+
+   Development Environment </software-developer-documentation/development-environment/index>
+
 User Documentation
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    - :doc:`General Users </user-documentation/general-users/index>`
@@ -23,7 +30,7 @@ User Documentation
 
 Software Developer Documentation
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-   - Development Environment
+   - :doc:`Development Environment </software-developer-documentation/development-environment/index>`
    - APIS
    - Server-side Extensions
    - Client-side Extensions
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@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Development Environment
+=======================
+
+.. toctree::
+   :maxdepth: 4
+
+   to-be-written
diff --git a/docs/software-developer-documentation/to-be-written.md b/docs/software-developer-documentation/to-be-written.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+To be Written
+=============
+
+hello world
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