**Course Title:** Mastering Vue.js: Building Modern Web Applications **Section Title:** Deployment Strategies and CI/CD for Vue Applications **Topic:** Deploy a Vue application to a cloud service and set up continuous integration using GitHub Actions.(Lab topic) **Objective:** By the end of this topic, you will be able to: 1. Deploy a Vue application to a cloud service (Netlify, Vercel, or AWS) 2. Set up continuous integration using GitHub Actions 3. Automate testing, building, and deployment of your Vue application **Prerequisites:** * Basic understanding of Vue.js and its ecosystem * Familiarity with GitHub and GitHub Actions * A Vue.js project set up with a GitHub repository **Step 1: Choose a Cloud Service** For this lab, we will deploy our Vue application to Netlify. However, you can also use Vercel or AWS. Here are the links to get started: * Netlify: [https://www.netlify.com/](https://www.netlify.com/) * Vercel: [https://vercel.com/](https://vercel.com/) * AWS: [https://aws.amazon.com/](https://aws.amazon.com/) **Step 2: Create a Netlify Account and Link Your GitHub Repository** 1. Go to Netlify and create an account: [https://app.netlify.com/signup](https://app.netlify.com/signup) 2. Link your GitHub repository to Netlify: [https://app.netlify.com/sites/new](https://app.netlify.com/sites/new) **Step 3: Set Up Continuous Integration using GitHub Actions** 1. Go to your GitHub repository and navigate to the Actions tab: [https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name/actions](https://github.com/your-username/your-repo-name/actions) 2. Click on "New workflow" and select "Set up a workflow yourself" 3. Choose a workflow name and add the following code to the `yml` file: ```yml name: Build and Deploy on: push: branches: - main jobs: build-and-deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Checkout code uses: actions/checkout@v2 - name: Install dependencies run: npm install - name: Build and deploy run: npm run build && npm run deploy ``` This workflow will build and deploy your Vue application on every push to the `main` branch. **Step 4: Configure Your Vue Application for Deployment** 1. In your Vue application, create a `netlify.toml` file with the following code: ```toml [build] command = "npm run build" publish = "dist" [context.production] command = "npm run build" publish = "dist" [context.development] command = "npm run serve" ``` This file tells Netlify how to build and deploy your Vue application. **Step 5: Deploy Your Vue Application** 1. Go to Netlify and click on the "Deploy" button next to your site 2. Wait for the deployment to complete Congratulations! You have successfully deployed your Vue application to Netlify and set up continuous integration using GitHub Actions. **Leave a comment below if you have any questions or need help with this topic.** **Next topic:** Scaling Vue applications and handling state in larger projects.