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Phase 15 · DevOps & Deployment

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Deploying the Backend

Part of the Full Stack Developer Roadmap.

Summary

Shipping your Express/Node API to production — to a platform like Railway, Render, or a containerized deployment, with a real database connected.

How to Learn This

  • 1Deploy your backend to Railway or Render, connecting a managed database.
  • 2Set production environment variables through the platform's dashboard, not in code.
  • 3Confirm your deployed frontend can successfully reach your deployed backend, CORS included.

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