Deploy Your First App With AI Help

End-of-lesson check

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1. What does 'deployment' mean in software development?

   1. Writing the first line of your code
   2. Making your app accessible on the internet for others to use
   3. Testing your code for bugs locally
   4. Saving a backup of your project

2. Which platform is best suited for deploying a Next.js or React application?

   1. GitHub Pages
   2. Vercel
   3. Google Docs
   4. Scratch

3. What is the best platform for hosting a simple HTML/CSS/JS portfolio site for free?

   1. Railway
   2. Render
   3. GitHub Pages
   4. Docker Hub

4. What is an 'environment variable' in the context of deployment?

   1. A setting that controls your office temperature
   2. A secret value like an API key stored outside your code
   3. A variable you only use in the development environment
   4. A CSS class that changes based on screen size

5. What should you do when your Vercel deployment fails with a scary-looking error?

   1. Delete the project and start over
   2. Copy the full error from the logs and ask AI what it means and how to fix it
   3. Try deploying again 10 times and hope it fixes itself
   4. Email Vercel's support team and wait a week

6. What is the difference between a 'build error' and a 'deploy error'?

   1. They are the same thing
   2. Build error: your code has a problem. Deploy error: the platform can't find or run your project
   3. Build error: server issue. Deploy error: your code has a problem
   4. Build errors only happen in Python, deploy errors only in JavaScript

7. Which deployment platform is best for backend apps that need a server running 24/7?

   1. GitHub Pages
   2. Google Slides
   3. Railway or Render
   4. Figma

8. After connecting your GitHub repo to Vercel, what happens when you push new code?

   1. Nothing — you have to manually trigger each deployment
   2. Vercel automatically redeploys your app with the new changes
   3. Your old deployment is permanently deleted
   4. Vercel sends you a bill for each push

9. Why is 'deploy or it does not exist' a useful mindset for developers?

   1. Because code is useless if no one can use it
   2. Because code automatically deletes itself without deployment
   3. Because deployment makes code run faster
   4. Because all programming languages require deployment

10. Netlify is especially good for __.

    1. Running machine learning models
    2. Hosting databases
    3. Static sites and JAMstack projects
    4. Gaming servers

11. What context should you give AI when asking for help with a deployment error?

    1. Just say 'it broke' and wait for AI to guess
    2. Your app type (React/Next.js), the platform (Vercel/Netlify), and the full error text
    3. Your name and the date you started the project
    4. The color scheme of your app

12. What does 'continuous deployment' mean?

    1. Deploying only once, very carefully
    2. Automatically deploying every time you push new code
    3. Running your app continuously without ever updating it
    4. Deploying to multiple continents at the same time

13. Why should you NOT commit API keys directly into your code before pushing to GitHub?

    1. GitHub's servers can't read API keys
    2. API keys make your code run slower
    3. Anyone who views your public repo can steal and misuse your keys
    4. API keys are automatically deleted by GitHub

14. Which of these is an example of a free deployment workflow for a React app?

    1. Buy a server, install Linux, configure nginx, push manually
    2. Push to GitHub → connect to Vercel → automatic deployment
    3. Zip the files and email them to your users
    4. Use FTP to manually upload files to a server daily

15. What is the best first step when you want to share your app with friends for testing?

    1. Print out screenshots and mail them
    2. Give your friends your laptop to borrow
    3. Deploy it to Vercel or Netlify and share the generated URL
    4. Email them your source code files and tell them to run it