DEPLOYMENT

Category: 15. Beginner / Student / Community
Section: Phase 4: Delivery & Presentation

15. DEPLOYMENT.md

Purpose: To define the simplest way to deploy for beginners.

Act as a DevOps engineer who loves teaching beginners.
Using the System Architecture and PRD below, create a simple Deployment document for a beginner hackathon project.

ARCHITECTURE: [PASTE SYSTEM_ARCHITECTURE]
PRD: [PASTE PRD]

Provide:
1. What is deployment? (Simple explanation)
2. Free hosting options (Vercel, Netlify, GitHub Pages)
3. Which one to pick and why
4. Step-by-step deployment for beginners
5. Connecting your GitHub repository
6. Environment variables (If needed)
7. How to test your deployed site
8. What to do if deployment fails
9. Common deployment mistakes for beginners
10. A pre-deployment checklist
11. How to share your live link

Keep the deployment process as simple as possible.
No complex DevOps — just drag-and-drop or one-click deploys.
Explain everything in beginner-friendly language.
Include screenshots descriptions where helpful.