You can create Node.js applications wherever you want, but at some point or another you'll have to move that application to a real hosting service such as Amazon Web Services EC2 (AWS EC2) or DigitalOcean. Both are excellent choices, so we'll explore how to deploy to DigitalOcean.
In any case, we'll start by creating the Node.js server locally to then move it to a hosting solution. Suppose we had the following scenario: you have just created a dApp with React that's working flawlessly with very good efficiency, so you want others to be able to use this application for free. You could deploy it to a static hosting site such as GitHub pages or those provided by HostGator, but you want to expand the features of your ...