In order to showcase node.js app to external world, the simplest way is to embrace heroku. Following are the simple steps to deploy our Todo App done before.

Deploy a node.js app to heroku

Refer to the following links that I found very useful

• heroku cedar page
• running own node.js version

Lets say Hello, World to Node.js with a Todo app

Goal

• To run a Todo Application that can capture Todo’s from user and save it on server (persist)

The application and requirements are well known, so no need to go over what todo is. If you need pointers, please refer to this page.

Deliverables

• Todo Server running on Node.js, MongoDB exposing REST API
• Todo MVC client on Backbone.js using REST to connect with server

Following is my shortlisted references to CSS layouts to use for new projects.

• semantic.gs
• 960.gs
• bootstrap css from twitter

A blog listing the top css layouts for responsive web:

• 7-css-grid-layout for responsive design

Install octopress

1. Please follow the instructions as documented here.
2. execute the following commands

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$ rake setup_github_pages
Enter the read/write url for your repository: git@github.com:<your-id>/<git-path>

• Also you can find very good documentation here

Adding new entry

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rake new_post["Post Title"]

Checkin the sources

BTW, dont forget to add the sources to a separate branch ‘sources’

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git add .
git commit -m 'blog sources'
git push origin source

Updating blog

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rake generate
rake preview
rake deploy