The Lay of the Land

Deploying an app for the first time is a great feeling—it’s one of the final steps to bringing your application to users. However, it’s also daunting. There are many different techniques, platforms, and technologies to deploy with, so you’ll need to find what works for you and then implement it. Much of this may already be decided for you based on your company’s decisions, but you may be in a position of greenfield development, with many available options.

The two common ways to run an Elixir application are directly with Mix or with releases. We’ll cover each of these options so you can decide what is best for you. Releases are produced with one of two tools—Mix or Distillery. We’ll go over each before covering some of the ...

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