janhoy commented on code in PR #2294:
URL: https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/2294#discussion_r1503944751


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README.md:
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Guide](https://solr.apache.org/guide/solr/latest/getting-started/solr-tutorial.h
 - Slack: Solr Community Channel.  Sign up at https://s.apache.org/solr-slack
 - IRC: `#solr` on [libera.chat](https://web.libera.chat/?channels=#solr)
 
+## Developer Documentation
+
+ Learn more about developing Solr by reading through the developer docs in 
[./dev-docs](./dev-docs) source tree or building Solr from source 
[./dev-docs/solr-source-code.adoc](./dev-docs/solr-source-code.adoc)
+
+### Quickstart
+
+Solr uses [Gradle](https://gradle.org/) for its build system. Here are some 
useful hints to build and run Solr locally:
+
+- To build a Solr dev distribution:
+
+```
+./gradlew dev
+```
+
+- To run the Solr dev distribution locally:
+
+```
+cd ./solr/packaging/build/dev
+bin/solr start

Review Comment:
   As a first-time user it is better to recommend starting in cloud mode. This 
lets the user actually create a new collection from the Admin UI instead of 
being stuck.
   ```suggestion
   bin/solr start -c
   ```



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