How to deploy an app to Heroku

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Heroku is a hosted platform which lets you deploy apps from different languages; Python, Ruby, Node etc. It is a quick way to get your app

online without the hassle of setting up a server.

To get Started:

Install GIT

Install the Heroku Toolbelt

Set Port:

var port = process.env.PORT || 3000 {listen on port}

Commit your files/folders

`cd myapp

git init

Initialized empty Git repository in .git/

git add .

git commit -m "My first commit"`

Add engine to package.json

  "engines":{
  
    "node":"10.12.0"
    
  }

Add a Procfile (processfile)

{process}: {command to run}

web: node app.js

||commit changes

Create app on heroku

heroku create {app_name}

Deploy

git push heroku master

Push

git push heroku master

Test Locally

heroku local

Test Live

heroku open