Developer to Production (Overview)

High-level path from your machine to a live site.

1. Install — Clone, install Node/pnpm and Docker, run CLI Quick Easy Setup, deploy Development.
2. Develop — Edit code in frontend/src and backend/src; hot reload applies changes.
3. Submit — Commit, push, open a merge request to main.
4. CI — Pipeline runs: format → lint → build → unit tests → E2E → publish digest → deploy TEST_PROD (blue-green).
5. Merge — Merge to main; pipeline runs again and updates TEST_PROD.
6. Live production — On the production server: pull main, rebuild images, restart the compose stack (or use CLI Deploy Production).

The testing stack (TEST_PROD) is updated by CI. The live production site (e.g. register.hacklahoma.org) is updated manually or via your deploy process on the server.

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Related: Deployment and CI, Production server