diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,37 @@
-# Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/environment.rb
+CafeGrader::Application.configure do
+  # Settings specified here will take precedence over those in config/application.rb
+
+  # In the development environment your application's code is reloaded on
+  # every request. This slows down response time but is perfect for development
+  # since you don't have to restart the web server when you make code changes.
+  config.cache_classes = false
 
-# In the development environment your application's code is reloaded on
-# every request.  This slows down response time but is perfect for development
-# since you don't have to restart the webserver when you make code changes.
-config.cache_classes = false
+  # Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.
+  config.whiny_nils = true
 
-# Log error messages when you accidentally call methods on nil.
-config.whiny_nils = true
+  # Show full error reports and disable caching
+  config.consider_all_requests_local       = true
+  config.action_controller.perform_caching = false
+
+  # Don't care if the mailer can't send
+  config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false
 
-# Enable the breakpoint server that script/breakpointer connects to
-#config.breakpoint_server = true
+  # Print deprecation notices to the Rails logger
+  config.active_support.deprecation = :log
+
+  # Only use best-standards-support built into browsers
+  config.action_dispatch.best_standards_support = :builtin
+
+  # Raise exception on mass assignment protection for Active Record models
+  config.active_record.mass_assignment_sanitizer = :strict
 
-# Show full error reports and disable caching
-config.action_controller.consider_all_requests_local = true
-config.action_controller.perform_caching             = false
-config.action_view.debug_rjs                         = true
+  # Log the query plan for queries taking more than this (works
+  # with SQLite, MySQL, and PostgreSQL)
+  config.active_record.auto_explain_threshold_in_seconds = 0.5
 
-# Don't care if the mailer can't send
-config.action_mailer.raise_delivery_errors = false
+  # Do not compress assets
+  config.assets.compress = false
+
+  # Expands the lines which load the assets
+  config.assets.debug = true
+end