What is a deployment?
A deployment, or deploy, is the step that publishes new code or changes to a live website or app.
A deployment is the process of taking finished changes and putting them on the live website or app so the public sees them. On modern sites it is often automated: once changes are approved, a system builds the site and publishes the new version, often with a way to roll back if something breaks. Content edits made in a CMS usually publish without a deploy. Design and feature changes in the code usually need one.
Why it matters for your business: Knowing whether a change needs a deploy helps explain why some updates appear right away while others take longer.
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