📖 Deploy an Express.js App to Render

Work with a partner to implement the following user story:

• As a web developer, I want to deploy my application to services like Render so that I can share my app with the world.

Acceptance Criteria

• It's done when I have initialized a Git repository by running git init at the root of my existing project.

• It's done when I have added the PORT variable in server.js according to the Render documentation.

• It's done when I have pushed my code to a new GitHub repository.

• It's done when I have connected Render with my GitHub account.

• It's done when I have setup an automatic deployment process on Render to the main branch of my repo.

• It's done after I have confirmed that the application was deployed successfully by visiting the resulting URL e.g. example.onRender.com.

📝 Notes

Refer to the Full-Stack Blog on deploying to Render..

Refer to the documentation:

Render documentation on setting environment variables

Render documentation on linking Github

🏆 Bonus

If you have completed this activity, work through the following challenge with your partner to further your knowledge:

• How can you create an app from the dashboard on Render instead of connecting it to GitHub and using that pipeline?

Use Google or another search engine to research this.

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