Heroku just one click away

Just with the help of GitHub or GitLab you can manage the versions of your application, and publish a static web site (menu "Settings" option "Page").

On the other hand, to publish a web site with dynamic content you will need a hosting solution; In this tutorial I will share my experience with Heroku and show how to deploy your web site free of charge in less than 6 clicks (1).

Heroqui, Heroquoi, Heroku?

Update 16.12.2022: unfortunately Heroku is not providing free accounts anymore. Now you will have to pay for an account...

Once you are connected, let's create a new app:

To start you may choose your region but a pipeline is not mandatory.

Then, apply the Development Mode GitHub, establish the connection to GitHub and choose your repository.

You can finally select your branch and deploy your app. That's it, have fun!

The app can be re-deployed anytime. As improvement you can also deploy automatically with your pipeline and deploy docker containers.

References

You will find here an example of a small game which has been deployed that way. In this french article, I have explained the creation.

(1) and of course a full-featured keyboard ;-)