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diff --git a/docs/developer-guide.rst b/docs/developer-guide.rst
index f6e5aec2..e7812943 100644
--- a/docs/developer-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/developer-guide.rst
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
-.. ===============LICENSE_START=======================================================
-.. O-RAN SC CC-BY-4.0
-.. %%
-.. Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property and Nokia
-.. %%
-.. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-.. you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-.. You may obtain a copy of the License at
-..
-..      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-..
-.. Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-.. distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-.. WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-.. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-.. limitations under the License.
-.. ===============LICENSE_END=========================================================
+.. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0
+.. Copyright (C) 2019 AT&T Intellectual Property
 
 RIC Dashboard Developer Guide
 =============================
 
-This document provides a quickstart for developers of the O-RAN SC RIC Dashboard web application.
+This document provides a quickstart for developers of the O-RAN SC RIC Dashboard web
+application.
 
 Prerequisites
 -------------
@@ -27,7 +14,20 @@ Prerequisites
 1. Java development kit (JDK), version 11 or later
 2. Maven dependency-management tool, version 3.4 or later
 
-Other tools including the Node Package Manager (npm) are fetched dynamically.
+Other required tools including the Node Package Manager (npm) are fetched dynamically.
+
+Clone and Update Submodules
+---------------------------
+
+After cloning the repository, initialize and update all git submodules like this::
+
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule update
+
+Check the submodule status at any time like this::
+
+    git submodule status
+
 
 Angular Front-End Application
 -----------------------------
@@ -56,11 +56,13 @@ requests at this URL:
 The directory ``src/test/resources`` contains usable versions of the required property
 files.  These steps are required to launch:
 
-1. Set an environment variable via JVM argument: ``-Dorg.oransc.ric.portal.dashboard=mock``
-2. Run the JUnit test case ``DashboardServerTest`` which is not exactly a "test" because it never finishes.
+1. Install all project jar files locally
+2. Set an environment variable via JVM argument: ``-Dorg.oransc.ric.portal.dashboard=mock``
+3. Run the JUnit test case ``DashboardTestServer`` which is not exactly a "test" because it never finishes.
 
-Both steps can be done with this command-line invocation::
+These steps can be done with these commands::
 
+     mvn -Ddocker.skip=true -DskipTests=true install
      mvn -Dorg.oransc.ric.portal.dashboard=mock -Dtest=DashboardTestServer test
 
 Development user authentication
@@ -82,7 +84,7 @@ Production user authentication
 
 The server uses the ONAP Portal's "EPSDK-FW" library to support a
 single-sign-on (SSO) feature, which requires users to authenticate
-at the ONAP Portal UI. The RIC Dashboard can be on-boarded as an 
+at the ONAP Portal UI. The RIC Dashboard can be on-boarded as an
 application on the ONAP Portal using its application on-boarding UI.
 
 The server authenticates requests using cookies that are set