#SimpleGuide002 - How deploy a website to Heroku

Hi, I am Zsolt a beginner self-taught developer. I just started my journey into coding and CS and decided create simple step by step guides to help my learning process.

Simple Guide 002

How deploy a website to Heroku

A simple step by step guide for beginners to deploy a website to Heroku





Step 1 - Create new app on Heroku

• Log in to Heroku
• Click New
• Click Create new app
• Type in app name
• Click create

Step 2 - Log in to Heroku using your command-line interface

• Type $ heroku log in and follow instructions

Step 3 - Initializie Git, add files from and commit

• Open your chosen command-line interface (I use and love Hyper)
• Go to your project folder --> $ cd folder name
• Initialize Git --> $ git init
• Add all files to git --> $ git add .
• Commit --> git commit -m "commit name"

Step 3 - Add heroku remote

• Go to your project on Heroku
• Click Deploy
• Choose Heroku Git
• Copy heroku git:remote -a project name
• Go back to your command line
• Paste heroku git:remote -a project name

Step 4 - Deploy to Heroku

• Push to Heroku with command-line --> $ git push heroku main

When command-line finished executing your app/website will be deployed to heroku.