# What is Deployment

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## What is Deployment?

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### What

: We develop **programs** that handle requests and responses on a server computer.

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### When

While alive:

​ Analysis, Planning, Design | Development | Testing | Deployment | Operations

​ ( Development ) ( Product Launch & Operations )

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### Who & Where

* Provider deploys to user's computer
* User deploys to user's computer
  * Native App
* Provider deploys to provider's computer
  * Web App

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### How

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### Why - In reality

> The reason we develop programs == Deployment

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## Pip freeze

> Exports a list of Python modules currently installed on the server!

```bash
pip freeze > requirements.txt
```

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> Using `freeze`

1. Create project folder
2. .gitignore => venv/
3. python -m venv venv
4. source venc/../activate
5. pip install django

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1. pip freeze > requirements.txt => Re-run `freeze` every time you install a new **package** or **module**

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### Summary

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### What is Deployment?

* What needs to be done to use software
* Renting a cloud computer and deploying a web program
* Data collection => CSV => Push it in
* Data migration => dumpdata - loaddata

### Project Setup Order for Collaboration

1. git clone \[shared project URL]

   (.gitignore -> venv)
2. python -m venv venv
3. python venv/bin/activate
4. pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Start development