This is a part of YouTube Tutorial video on How to Deploy a Django Application to Heroku. https://youtu.be/V2rWvStauak
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If you don't have git installed, follow this Tutorial and come back here.
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Make a copy of your project or use a seperate git branch.
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Make sure your virtual environment is activated.
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Add your dependencies to requirements.txt by typing in the terminal,
pip freeze > requirements.txt- Add this in settings.py
STATIC_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'static')-
In your terminal, type in
git init
git add .
git commit -m "first commit"
heroku login
heroku create app_name
git push heroku main
heroku open
heroku run python manage.py migrate** PS: if Heroku isn't recognized as a command, please close your terminal and editor and then re-open it.
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DEBUG = False in settings.py
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ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['your_app_name.herokuapp.com', 'localhost', '127.0.0.1'] in settings.py
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If you make edits, then just type in the terminal,
git add .
git commit -m "edit"
git push heroku main