37Shipping & security

Hosting

Running your site or app on someone else's cloud server so the world can reach it.

For example

I deployed the app to Vercel so others can visit it online.

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Publish the finished app to a server so other people can reach it.

For example

After deploying, your app has a URL that anyone in the world can visit.

The site's name address, so users reach your app through an easy-to-remember name.

For example

I bought the domain www.mydapp.com.

Encrypts traffic between site and user; the browser shows a padlock to signal a safe connection.

For example

After deploying I set up HTTPS, so there is a padlock in the address bar.