Deployment & Environments
Localhost
What It Is
Your own computer acting as a web server, only accessible to you
Analogy
A restaurant that only you can eat at — it's fully functional but not open to the public
Try It Out
Starting Localhost
Related Terms in Deployment & Environments
Development Environment
Your test kitchen — you can make mistakes, experiment, and no customers will see
Staging Environment
A dress rehearsal — everything is real except the audience
Production Environment
The restaurant is open — real customers, real orders, real consequences
Deploy
Moving from your test kitchen to opening night — the code goes from your computer to the internet