diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eac0fa8..bf3ee36 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@ swingmusic_bin/swingmusic
 package-lock.json
 yarn.lock
 node_modules
+build
+dist
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diff --git a/dev_update_and_build.sh b/dev_update_and_build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..243a120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev_update_and_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Updating
+cd ../swingmusic || exit -1
+git pull || exit -2
+cd ../swingmusic-client || exit -3
+git pull || exit -4
+
+# Cleanup
+cd ../swingmusic || exit -5
+rm -rf client/* || exit -6
+rm -rf build dist || exit -7
+
+# Build the client
+cd ../swingmusic-client || exit -8
+yarn build --outDir ../swingmusic/client/ || exit -9
+
+# Build the server
+cd ../swingmusic || exit -10
+poetry run python manage.py --build || exit -11
+
+# Copying the client to the appropriate location
+echo "Done building. Moving to the next step"
+cp -r  dist/swingmusic ../swingmusic-desktop/swingmusic_bin || exit -12
+echo "Done copying. Done."
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