Update docs

[kgryte]

Addresses action items concerning documentation in #42 .

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Description

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This pull request:

• updates developer documentation
• updates project documentation
• simplifies setting up and managing the development environment for updating development scripts to automatically install the local server extension.

NOTE: this PR includes changes from #48 and #49.

Related Issues

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This pull request:

• addresses action items in NYU Handoff #42.

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