This Is the Moment Everything Becomes Real

This step covers making the project accessible outside the local environment. The goal is to deploy the project to a public URL so it can be viewed and accessed by others.

Choosing a deployment platform

A deployment platform is used to host the project on the internet.

In this step:

• Vercel is used as the hosting platform
• Other platforms exist, but the workflow here assumes Vercel
• Vercel is a cloud-based service designed for deploying websites and web applications

Connecting Vercel to the project

Before deployment:

• A Vercel account is created
• GitHub is connected to Vercel during setup
• Repositories become available for import or direct deployment

This connection allows Vercel to track changes made to the project.

Deploying directly from the development environment

Instead of manually importing the repository through the Vercel UI, deployment can be triggered directly from Cursor.

This process includes:

• Initiating a deploy command
• Granting permissions when prompted