deployment

Deploying Your Simulation

GitHub Pages

1. Ensure app is working locally

2. Install gh-pages

$ npm install --save gh-pages

OR

npm install gh-pages --save-dev

3. Modify the package.json file of the project by adding the following statements:

"homepage": "https://<github-username>.github.io/<github-repo-name>/",

"scripts": {
    ...    
    "predeploy": "npm run build",    
    "deploy": "gh-pages -d build",   
    ...  
   },

4. Deploy application

$ npm run deploy

• If you get the error fatal: A branch named 'gh-pages' already exists, try:

rm -rf node_modules/gh-pages/.cache

5. Ensure GitHub Pages is enabled with your repository

• Go to Settings
• Enable GitHub Pages
• Set the source to be the gh-pages branch

6. View your app at https://[github-username].github.io/[github-repo-name]/

References

Deploy React to GitHub-Pages to create an amazing website!

Heroku

• Deploy the app