diff --git a/frontend/readme.md b/frontend/readme.md
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@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ Note that the default api server base request url is defined in:
 `webconsole/frontend/src/config/config.js`
 
 ## Run the Frontend Dev Web Server
+Run the frontend development server with file watcher
 ```bash
 yarn start
 ```
+
+To specify backend server api url
+```
+REACT_APP_HTTP_API_URL=http://127.0.0.1:5000/api PORT=3000 yarn start
+```
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
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+++ b/readme.md
@@ -4,3 +4,16 @@
 ```
 go run server.go
 ```
+
+## Development
+
+To merge the new verison of frontend part to the webconsole server
+```bash
+cd frontend
+yarn install
+yarn build
+rm -rf ../public
+cp -R build ../public
+```
+
+The run `go run server.go` to see the webconsole with the new frontend.