Deployment & DevOps Basics
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What it is
Deployment is the process of making your application available on the internet. DevOps basics cover the tools and practices for reliably getting code from your machine to a production server.
Why backend developers need it
Code that only runs on your laptop is not useful. You need to deploy it so users can access it. Understanding deployment, CI/CD, and basic server management is what turns a project into a product.
What to learn
Hosting platforms: Vercel, Railway, Render, DigitalOcean
Docker basics: containers, images, Dockerfile
CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions
Environment variables in production
Domain names and DNS basics
HTTPS and SSL certificates
Logging and monitoring basics
Database hosting and backups
Practice project
Deploy Your API
Take your Blog Backend, containerise it with Docker, set up a GitHub Actions pipeline that runs tests on push, and deploy it to Railway or Render with a PostgreSQL database.