What does it mean to deploy a website?

Before a website goes live, it’s coded in a development environment where developers can make tweaks and changes and ensure that everything operates as it should. Once it’s finished, the code is uploaded (or deployed) to a live environment, where people can find and interact with it on the internet.

How do you deploy a website?

After building a website, its code is pushed from the development environment to the live environment, where it’s reflected on the internet. Once a website is deployed, you also need to monitor it to ensure that everything continues to function properly.

What kind of jobs need to know how to deploy a website?

Web Developers, Front-End Engineers, Back-End Engineers, and Full-Stack Engineers, all need to know how to deploy websites — along with devs who oversee the development process, like DevOps Engineers.

What else should I study if I am learning about web development?

This course will teach you how to deploy a website online, if you want to learn how to build one yourself, start by learning the basics of JavaScript. It’s a great first language for aspiring Web Developers because it can be used on both the front-end and the back-end thanks to frameworks like React and Node.js.

Course

How to Deploy a Website

Learn how to publish a website to the Internet with Jekyll, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and GitHub Pages.

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98,171 learners enrolled

Skill level
Beginner
Time to complete
Approx. 2 hours
Certificate of completion
Included with paid plans
Prerequisites
None

About this course

Deploying—or pushing new code to a server—is an integral part of a developer’s daily workflow. Knowing the relationship between your computer (including your local development environment) and the Internet, as well as how to communicate between the two, is essential for every developer.

Syllabus

3 lessons

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The platform

Hands-on learning

Don’t just watch or read about someone else coding — write your own code live in our online, interactive platform. You’ll even get AI-driven recommendations on what you need to review to help keep you on track.