Deploy a React App in Minutes: Your First Light Cloud Website, for Free

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Full tutorial with screenshots: https://blog.light-cloud.com/tutorials/deploy-a-react-app

Create a React app with Vite, push it to GitHub and deploy it on Light Cloud's free plan: detected automatically, built in 15 seconds, updated on every git push.

Level: Beginner · Time: about 10 minutes · Plan: Free · Stack: React, Vite, GitHub

Steps

• Step 1: Create the React app
• Step 2: Run it on your machine
• Step 3: Push it to GitHub
• Step 4: Deploy from GitHub
• Step 5: Open your site
• Step 6: Update the site with git push
• Step 7: Check that client-side routes work

Source code: https://github.com/light-cloud-com/tutorial-react-website
Live demo: https://main-tutorial-react-website-examples.light-cloud.io

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