What is a Website Deployment?
Making something visible to the whole internet
"Deploying" a website means taking code that only exists on your own computer and publishing it to a server so anyone in the world can visit it by typing a web address. Before deployment, only you can see it; after deployment, it has a real, public link.
A simple analogy
Writing code on your computer is like writing a letter at your desk. Deploying is like actually mailing that letter — until you deploy, nobody else can read it, no matter how good it is.
How 404Fault deploys, in plain terms
This platform uses a service called Vercel to deploy — every time the team publishes new code, Vercel takes it and makes it live at 404fault.com within about a minute. The Build with Claude API path later teaches how to do this yourself for your own project.
Key Takeaways
- Deployment means publishing code from your computer to a server so anyone can visit it online.
- Before deployment, only you can see your work; after, it has a real public web address.
- 404Fault itself is deployed using a service called Vercel.
- You'll learn to deploy your own project hands-on in a later, more advanced path.
Find a deployed URL
Visit 404fault.com and identify: this is a deployed website. Write one sentence about what "deployed" means in your own words.