We can find a plethora of content on the internet related to web development in many different languages. However, what are we supposed to do once our web application has been created? The next step is to make it live on the world wide web. This course takes us deep into the world of web deployment, specifying all the necessary steps needed to make our website available to users. 

Learn about the different tools, security measures and deployment platforms available to us in the modern era. This comprehensive guide also teaches us about important web concepts such as Search Engine Optimization and server maintenance. Furthermore, for your ease, we'll be deploying a sample website using the Google Cloud Platform! So get your web applications ready because they are about to go live.

A Complete Guide to Launching Your Website: From Local to Live

At this point, we have all our tools in place. We have acquired a domain name and discussed various web hosting plans. The course has also introduced us to SSH and code deployment via Git.

All we have to do now is make our website live! For this purpose, we will be using the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) since it is very relevant in modern times and is fairly easy to use. Let's look at the steps we need to follow to deploy a simple website.

## Signing Up
Go to the [Google Cloud homepage](https://cloud.google.com/) and sign up for a free trial. It will ask us for our basic information along with a payment method. Don't worry. Google will not charge us after the free trial ends unless we specify that we'll be using the service in the future:

At this point, we have all our tools in place. We have acquired a domain name and discussed various web hosting plans. The course has also introduced us to SSH and code deployment via Git.

All we have to do now is make our website live! For this purpose, we will be using the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) since it is very relevant in modern times and is fairly easy to use. Let's look at the steps we need to follow to deploy a simple website.

# Signing Up
Go to the [Google Cloud homepage](https://cloud.google.com/) and sign up for a free trial. It will ask us for our basic information along with a payment method. Don't worry. Google will not charge us after the free trial ends unless we specify that we'll be using the service in the future:

This is the most important part of this course. We'll learn how to make our website live on GCP.

Introduction

Going Live

Domain Name

Web Hosting

Publish Your Website

Testing & Maintenance

Post Launch Checklist

Where to go from here

Creating a Project on Google Cloud Platform

Signing Up