• [ ] Add a root path

root to: 'lists#index'

This step allows us to go to our herokuapp with no path like https://xxxxxx.herokuapp.com

• [ ] Create/Login to Heroku

# make sure you install Heroku in your Terminal and log in (check slides)

• [ ] Create Heroku app

heroku create $YOUR_APP_NAME --region=us

• [ ] Push to Heroku

git push heroku master

• [ ] Run migrations (and seeds)

heroku run rails db:migrate db:seed

• (Open this) IF you see this error: PG::ConnectionBad: could not connect to server: No such file or directory Is the server running locally and accepting connections on Unix domain socket "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432
• [ ] Add dotenv-rails gem to your Gemfile

gem 'dotenv-rails', groups: [:development, :test]

• [ ] Create .env file

bundle install
touch .env
echo '.env*' >> .gitignore

• [ ] Install Cloudinary

# Gemfile
gem 'cloudinary', '~> 1.16.0'
# .env
# ⚠️ Make sure you use YOUR api key from the Cloudindary dash
CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://298522699261255:Qa1ZfO4syfbOC-***********************8