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Laurie Gray
Laurie Gray
23,119 Points
Posted by Laurie Gray
Laurie Gray
23,119 Points

How do you actually host and deploy a very simple Node.js website using Express?

So I understand Node.js and Express.js to a decent level and can host a basic website locally on my machine using Jade after following the courses here. What's not immediately clear is how do you actually use this and deploy a basic website (the same website I have for example) on a server somewhere?

Thanks! :)

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Karolin Rafalski
Karolin Rafalski
11,368 Points
Karolin Rafalski
Karolin Rafalski
11,368 Points

I have deployed a couple node/express/postgres apps through heroku and one Rails/postgres app. They have pretty good tutorials and walkthroughs. They also offer free basic hosting if your project is small. Another nice thing is that heroku works really well with git so you can update your heroku site using git really easily.

Another possibility that a bunch of people I know really like is Digital Ocean. Although, Digital Ocean involves more configuration, which depending on your needs, may be more what you are looking for.

Laurie Gray
Laurie Gray
23,119 Points
Laurie Gray
Laurie Gray
23,119 Points

Thanks Karolin - will do that shortly :D