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General Discussion What is Heroku?

PUC Treehouse
PUC Treehouse
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Posted by PUC Treehouse
PUC Treehouse
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Can you detail pros and cons of using Heroku?

Thanks you

1 Answer

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Not sure how detailed you are looking or, as there are tons of blogs about this. But the pros about Heroku is it abstracts away a lot of the server stuff, letting developers, well, develop. Your code kinda goes into this black box of magic and just seems to work. (In Heroku's terms, they generate a slug). Their dashboard is user friendly, and they just generally make uploading, updating, and running a server pleasant.

The big con, the cost. Since they do so much for you in terms of setting up and maintaining this platform, they charge you for it. Overall, it's generally worth the cost, however when you're in the early stages, it can get expensive on your personal wallet until the site makes enough to pay for itself.