Vercel 😏

Vercel, the creator of Next js. But isn't that where you are supposed to host your frontend applications.
Yes, but not just that!
We can host a node backend applications on Vercel. Vercel essentially allows running a server on Vercel.

Deploying to Vercel

Create a free account on Vercel. (Preferably, use a provider where the repository for code is hosted)

Add a vercel.json file in the root folder.

{
  "version": 2,
  "name": "name-of-your-vercel-app",
  "builds": [
    { "src": "script.js", "use": "@vercel/node" }
  ],
  "routes": [
    { "src": "/(.*)", "dest": "/index.js" }
  ]
}

Now create a new projecton Vercel.

When setting up the repository, we need to select the Other option in Frameworks to deploy a backend server. You can also configure Environment variables at this stage.

And that's it you have deployed your server blazing fast 🚀.

If you are a developer enjoying Vercel to deploy your front-end applications, you will definitely love Vercel for hosting your backend node applications.

What's your go-to way for deploying a node server? 🙌🏻

Source repo: mongo-CRUD-basics
Deployed app: https://mongoose-crud.vercel.app/
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