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[MUSIC]
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[SOUND] Hello there, Andrew here,
JavaScript teacher here at Treehouse.
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And in this workshop,
we're going to deploy an app to Heroku.
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Heroku is a hosting platform where
you can deploy PHP, Ruby, Python, and
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most importantly, Node.js applications.
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It's free to get started.
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The free tier is fine for
development purposes and
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websites for small amounts of traffic.
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But as your needs grow,
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you have the option to scale up
your application in paired tiers.
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The main idea and benefit of using Heroku
as a hosting platform is that it takes
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the headache out of setting
up your own server online.
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Often this is a complicated process,
but with Heroku,
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you can simply use Git to
deploy your application.
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Heroku doesn't only host your application,
but
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also provide you with add-ons for your
application from other service providers.
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Add-ons could include a database service
for hosted instances of MySQL or MongoDB.
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Other add-ons include email and
SMS services,
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application monitoring services
like New Relic and much, much more.
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We're only deploying a simple app today,
so we won't need any of this.
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To deploy an app first,
you have to have Git installed.
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If you're wondering about deploying a map
with Node, you probably have this already
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installed, if not, I'll link to our
Git resources in the teacher notes.
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Next you need to sign up to Heroku.
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You'll be ask to confirm
your email address.
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Once you do,
you'll be asked to create a password.
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Finally, you need to download
the Heroku Toolbelt.
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This helps you set up and manage your
application from the command line
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as well as a wide array of
add-ons they have to offer.
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Once you've signed up, Heroku does
a pretty good job of getting you
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download the Heroku Toolbelt for
managing your hosted applications.
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If you haven't deployed an app yet,
you'll be prompted with this page.
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You want to click on Node.js,
and then Set up.
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Now, if these pages look different,
try and find the Download Toolbelt link.
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Once you have that
installed on your system,
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we'll get preparing the application for
deployment.
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