In this video, we’ll be going over how to quickly deploy your Node.js app to Heroku for FREE and how we can keep this app alive/online despite Heroku’s free tier’s limitations.

Building the Mars Rover Pictures of the Day App: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5sygFQ_vLE

Kaffeine: https://kaffeine.herokuapp.com/
Other alternatives to keep Heroku apps alive:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5480337/easy-way-to-prevent-heroku-idling
• https://www.reddit.com/r/webdev/comments/c7ao47/how_do_i_keep_my_heroku_apps_awake/

Sections:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Discussing how to keep Heroku’s free apps alive
1:20 - Linking your Heroku app to your GitHub repo
2:47 - Setting up the server and GET endpoint to ping
7:09 - Setting up the config to start the app
8:46 - Verifying the deployment
9:36 - Keeping the app alive/online
10:23 - Conclusion

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