Set Up a Heroku Account

If you don't have a heroku account you should create one now.

Go to heroku.com follow the signup instructions, and download their CLI tool.

You will also need to download the Git CLI tool

Prepare Tic-Tac-Toe

Install express npm install express

Create a server file in the root of your tic-tac-toe directory (app.js or server.js are good names for this file)

Turn your directory into a git repository be typing git init into the terminal. Make sure you're in the right repository!

Setting up the Server

This is what your server file should look like:

var express = require('express');
var app = express();
var path = require('path');

app.use(express.static(path.join(__dirname)));

app.get('/', function (req, res) {
  res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname + '/index.html'));
});

app.listen(process.env.PORT || 8080);

Add a Start Script

Once you deploy your app to Heroku it will need to know which file to run to serve your app.

We tell it which file to run with a start script in your package.json. Open up the package.json file and look for the section that says "scripts": {} You will already have a "test" script in the scripts object. Put a comma after it and below it in the object add a line that looks like this "start": "node server.js"

"scripts": {
  "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
  "start": "node server.js" //or whatever you decided to call your server file
}

Create a New Heroku Project

Add and commit your changes to the git repository. git add . then git commit -m "a commit message goes here" in the terminal

Creating a new Heroku project is as easy as typing heroku create into the terminal

You can now deploy your app to heroku be typing git push heroku master into the terminal.

High Five!

You now have a working web app that anyone in the world can visit!