Added some dev env improvements

README.md

@@ -101,8 +101,6 @@ Refer to the [prisma migration mental model](https://www.prisma.io/docs/orm/pris
 4. npm install next@latest react@latest react-dom@latest
 5. npm run dev or npm run build
 
-## Usage
-Use examples liberally, and show the expected output if you can. It's helpful to have inline the smallest example of usage that you can demonstrate, while providing links to more sophisticated examples if they are too long to reasonably include in the README.
 
 ## Content Creation
 

src/app/contracts.tsx

@@ -22,9 +22,13 @@ export default function ContractsPage() {
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (sessionStorage.getItem('user_id') == null) {
+      if (process.env.NODE_ENV == 'production') {
       // go to demographics if no user id is set
-      window.location.href = "/study/demographics/"
-    }
+        window.location.href = "/study/demographics/"
+      } else {
+        generateNewUserID();
+      }
+    } 
   }, []);
 
 
@@ -293,7 +297,7 @@ function UserAccountView({ incompleteAction }: { incompleteAction: () => void })
                                   loadBool("205621d3-dad6-434b-aee0-49d310938d5f-completed", false) &&
                                   loadBool("83104ca6-45f6-4b36-904c-feec9308ac11-completed", false);
 
-        if (allLevelsComplete) {
+        if ((allLevelsComplete) || (process.env.NODE_ENV != 'production')) {
           window.location.href = "/study/posttest-tutorial/"
         } else {
           // alert("You have to complete all levels to complete the study.")