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Discussion on: How to host your Node app in a Docker Container on Heroku

 
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Roger K. • Edited

Actually I'm doing this right now. I don't think the reasoning is as strong for Heroku, but I still find deployment is easier using a tool that you know will give you the end results you wanted.

Maybe I'm wrong; I'm new to Heroku and therefore that's what drew me to this article, but what I have found is still I need to set many things on Heroku to ensure I get the same outcome for my stack as I had on my machine. Is this not still the case? Perhaps using Docker is overkill when compared to this 'procfile', but I don't know what that is and so I'd rather avoid it personally. I am always seeking to reduce my technical burden when and where reasonable. I don't want to learn more about Heroku than I need to to use it effectively.

So I ask you guys. Is it not reasonable to just use Docker to deploy on Heroku and avoid learning these other platform specific methods?

Ps. Loved the banter!