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Environment Variables

Environment variables are used to store information we want to reference in a program. They are a key-value pair whose value is set and stored outside a program in a .env file. Environment variables can prevent the secret development keys and passwords from getting out and reward us with more efficient code.

DB_HOST=123.45.678.90
DB_USER=root
DB_PASS=123456
API_KEY=V3rYPubl1cK3y
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