In this course, you'll learn what Heroku is, if Heroku is a good fit for your project, and why it has such a loyal following.

Play by Play is a series in which top technologists work through a problem in real time, unrehearsed, and unscripted. In this course, Play by Play: Understanding Heroku Myths and Magic, Lyric Hartley and Don Robins demonstrate the Heroku cloud platform and how to best assess whether it's a good fit for any particular implementation. Learn about the various deployment platforms, how to identify what kinds of applications would be a good fit for Heroku, and the many ways developers can interact with Heroku to manage deployment. By the end of this course, you'll have gained a solid understanding of Heroku, as well as some common misconceptions, and how to best assess if it's a good match for your needs.