How To Deploy a Full-Stack MERN App with Heroku/Netlify
This post is intended to be a guide for those that want to deploy a full-stack MERN app. It will be very specific on steps so it's a bit of a read, however, it will ensure there is minimal to no confusion on how to get from point A to point B. Feel free to hop around if you've got some of these steps done, know how to do them already, what have you. If this is your first time don't intimidate yourself! Just read and complete each step one at a time . NOTE : This guide is based on my specific project structure and this works well for it. There are definitely other ways to deploy and other ways people prefer to have their project structured. Let's get started! Project Context So you've got a cool project you'd like to show off to the world, how do we deploy a full-stack MERN app? Let's first get some basics out of the way and context on how I did this: my project structure, basic configuration, and why I chose this way of deployment. What i...