Lab 13: Heroku Deployment

Code of Conduct

Ready to share what you've made with the world? Yes!

Then you need to push your code to a web server accessible to the whole Internet. This is your "production environment".

We'll be using Heroku as our production server. Heroku is a "Platform as a Service": your code is plugged in to pre-configured servers, which are started up for the world to access.

Heroku Deployment

1. Follow your standard Fork & Clone process to set up today's lab
2. Once you've set up your standard workflow, you will need to create a new Heroku app within your repository
3. Don't forget to set your Github Token as an environment variable in the Heroku app
4. Deploy to your new instance!
5. Let your brilliance shine unto the world!

User Stories: MVP

1. As a site owner, I want my site running on a robust hosting platform, so that I don't have to hire a sysadmin.

• Create a new Heroku app for deployment.

1. As a developer, I want my app to run in a development environment that matches production, so that I can reduce bugs related to infrastructure surprises.

• Start your app with node server.js
• TODO: Refactor your AJAX request to proxy your GitHub API calls through the server

1. As a developer, I want my secret tokens accessed only through environment variables, so that I can keep them secure.

• Set the proper env vars on your local system.

User Stories: Stretch Goals

1. As a site owner, I want [blog.my-own-domain-name.io] hooked up to my Heroku app, so that I don't have to explain to people how to spell "myblog.herokuapp.com" over the phone.

Technical Requirements and Grading Rubric

• Ensure your code passes ESLint
• DO NOT create your Heroku app with a default name. If you do accidentally, rename it. Or blow it away, and start again.
• Link to your live site in your README, for whichever repo you deploy.